bang

[bang]

A bang is a loud noise, like a door slamming or something heavy being dropped on a wood floor. Hearing a bang outside your house at night might make your dog start barking.

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To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

Noun
a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"

Noun
a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead)

Noun
a sudden very loud noise

Noun
a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"

Noun
the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

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Verb
leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"

Verb
strike violently; "slam the ball"

Verb
close violently; "He slammed the door shut"

Verb
have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

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move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"

Verb
to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"

Adverb
directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

v. t.
To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

v. t.
To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

v. i.
To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

n.
A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.

n.
The sound produced by a sudden concussion.

v. t.
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).

n.
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

n.
Alt. of Bangue

Bang

Bang , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banged; p. pr. & vb. n. Banging.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw.b'86ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.] 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.

2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

Bang

Bang, v. i. To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

Bang

Bang, n. 1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.

Many a stiff thwack, many a bang.

2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.

Bang

Bang, v. t. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).

His hair banged even with his eyebrows.

Bang

Bang, n. The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang.

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.

To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

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Usage Examples

The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.

I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn't at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.

But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work.

As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on the bus, hearing them bang on about their aches and pains, both real and imagined.

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.