Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to drive fast; also as n.

1960		A. Buzo Front Room Boys Scene i: I’d be down by the pool or out for a fang in the Jag.
1969		A. Buzo Rooted I iii: Let’s hop in the B and fang up to the beach.
1981		Bulletin 10 Nov. 43: We pick up sheilas, get drunk, steal cars, fang ’em (drive them fast) [...] anyfink!
1984		National Times 14 Sept. 14: They’ve had half a dozen drinks and, you know, they want to impress the girls and their mates at how fast they can fang their car around the corner [GAW4].
2019		C. Hammer Silver [ebook] Jasper and his hotted-up Mazda [...] Fanging along Dunes Road, shattering the speed limit.
2021		Betoota-isms 170: Kawasaki King [...] Hot-headed rural male with a penchant for fangin’ dirt bikes.

2. to do something fast, to send something quickly.

1991		Sydney Morning Herald 29 Apr. 20: He fanged a fax to Quentin Dempster of the 7.30 Retort [GAW4].
2015		N. Cummins Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] I was fanging three items per second through the till.