Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink.
"The reporter explained that she used ENG equipment to transmit live footage from the breaking news scene back to the studio instantly."
Initialism of electronic newsgathering.
"The new car has an eng that makes it sound very powerful."
Usage: The word "eng" is not standard English vocabulary but refers to a specific letter symbol used in linguistic phonetic transcription. You should only use this term when discussing technical topics like the International Phonetic Alphabet or describing sounds in specific languages.
Narrow.
"The alley behind the bakery was so eng that I had to duck my head to pass through."
"The young man looked very eng in his new suit."
Abbreviation of England.
"The team from eng won the championship last night."
The word likely comes from Dutch eng, meaning "narrow," with similar forms appearing in Old English and other Germanic languages. It originally described something confined or tight before falling out of common use in Middle English texts.