bang Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a vigorous blow
    knock; belt; bash; smash.
    • the sudden knock floored him
    • he took a bash right in his face
    • he got a bang on the head
  2. noun a sudden very loud noise
    bam; blast; eruption; clap.
  3. noun a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
    fringe.
  4. noun the swift release of a store of affective force
    rush; thrill; boot; charge; flush; kick.
    • they got a great bang out of it
    • what a boot!
    • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
    • he does it for kicks
  5. noun a conspicuous success
    strike; smash; hit; smasher.
    • 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
  6. verb strike violently
    slam.
    • slam the ball
  7. verb to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
    • One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed
  8. verb close violently
    slam.
    • He slammed the door shut
  9. verb move noisily
    • The window banged shut
    • The old man banged around the house
  10. verb have sexual intercourse with
    love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; make out; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; have sex; jazz; be intimate; know; have it off; bed; do it; roll in the hay; sleep together.
    • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
    • Adam knew Eve
    • Were you ever intimate with this man?
  11. verb leap, jerk, bang
    spang.
    • Bullets spanged into the trees
  12. adverb directly
    smack; slapdash; slap; bolt.
    • he ran bang into the pole
    • ran slap into her

WordNet

Bang transitive verb
Etymology
Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw.bångas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Banged; present participle & verbal noun Banging
Definitions
  1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
    The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.
  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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Definitions
  1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
    Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hudibras.
  2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
Bang transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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. The Century Mag.
Bang noun
Definitions
  1. 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. W. D. Howells.
Bang, Bangue noun (Also<
  • Bang
  • Bangue
)
Definitions
  1. See Bhang.

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