gant.html - {v. phr.} 1. To be made to run between two lines of people facing each other and be hit by them with clubs or other weapons. * /Joe had to run the gauntlet as part of his initiation into the club./ 2. To face a hard test; bear a painful experience. * /Ginny had to run the gauntlet of her mother's questions about how the ink spot got on the dining room rug./

gant.html - US var. of GAUNTLET(2).

gant.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 an overhead structure with a platform supporting a travelling crane, or railway or road signals.
2 a structure supporting a space rocket prior to launching.
3 (also gauntry) a wooden stand for barrels. [prob. f. gawn, dial. form of GALLON + TREE]

gant.html - See: ROAD GANG, SECTION GANG.

gant.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To jointly attack someone, either physically or verbally; take sides in a group against an individual. * /The class bully was stronger than all the other boys, so they had to gang up on him to put him in his place./ Compare: LINE UP(4b).

gant.html - {v. phr.} 1. To be made to run between two lines of people facing each other and be hit by them with clubs or other weapons. * /Joe had to run the gauntlet as part of his initiation into the club./ 2. To face a hard test; bear a painful experience. * /Ginny had to run the gauntlet of her mother's questions about how the ink spot got on the dining room rug./