Green’s Dictionary of Slang

speng n.

[? Carib.E. spengle, a fighting cock]
(W.I./UK black teen)

1. a gun.

[UK]Music from the Corner ‘S.D.R.R.’ 🎵 We ain’t trying to be dead before the spengs come.

2. a form of strutting walk.

[WI]Francis-Jackson Official Dancehall Dict. 49: Speng a type of strutting walk characterised by an intense slouching of the shoulder, accompanied by buttoning up of one’s collar.

3. an urban gangster.

[WI]Francis-Jackson Official Dancehall Dict. 49: Speng [...] a toughie.

4. a slut.

[WI]Shabba Ranks ‘Paak Yu Benz’ 🎵 A gyal shii go kip / Faiv man fren [...] Shii iz ongl a speng.

5. a fool.

[UK] in R. Graef Living Dangerously 166: My solicitor, he’s a ‘speng’ (stupid) man.
[UK]C. Newland Scholar 257: Yeah you’re right, I’m a speng.