bang

noun bangs · bangue

1. A sudden percussive noise. When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.

   Similar: boom, report

2. A heavy strike upon an object causing such a noise. I gave the door a bang and it swung open.
3. informal An explosion. When he pushed the detonator, the bang blew him off his feet.
4. US, archaic Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across. his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang

   Similar: bangs

5. US The symbol !, known as an exclamation point. An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.

   Similar: exclamation point, exclamation mark, pling

6. A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is written as n!
7. slang, vulgar An act of sexual intercourse.
8. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
9. slang An explosive product. Load the bang into the hole.
10. slang An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
11. US, slang An abrupt left turn.
12. Ireland, colloquial, slang strong smell (of) There was a bang of onions off his breath.
13. slang A thrill. I hate the movies like poison, but I get a bang imitating them.

Similar: strike, blow, explosion, bang, blam, boom, boom-boom, clap, crack, kaboom, kerboom, pow, report · Opposite: hang, humming, murmur

verb bangs · banging · banged · bang

1. intransitive To make sudden loud noises, often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something. The fireworks banged away all through the night.
2. transitive To hit (something) hard, making a loud noise. The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
3. transitive To cause or suffer (one thing) to hit (another). Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
4. intransitive To hit (on, against, etc. something). Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!
5. ambitransitive, slang, vulgar To engage in sexual intercourse. We can hear the couple banging upstairs.

   Similar: nail, do it, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations

6. transitive To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair). His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
7. slang, transitive To inject intravenously. Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.
8. dated, transitive To depress the prices in (a market). This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensu
9. obsolete, slang, transitive To excel or surpass.
10. intransitive, slang, stative To be excellent; to be banging This song bangs!

    Similar: eat, rule, rock, slap, bang, devour, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kick, kick ass, shine

11. Nigeria, slang To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
12. New England, intransitive, slang To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey. Bang a right at the next stoplight.
13. US, slang To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity. You know I still bang.
14. To play a sport aggressively.

adverb bangue

1. informal, not comparable Right, directly. The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
2. informal, not comparable Precisely, exactly, completely. He arrived bang on time.
3. informal, not comparable With a sudden impact. Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
4. informal, not comparable Used as a general intensifier. I'm bang up for it! (I'm very keen and willing to do it)

interjection bangue

1. A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc. He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, “Bang!”

noun

1. archaic, uncountable Archaic spelling of bhang

Similar: bang, blam, boom, boom-boom, clap, crack, kaboom, kerboom, pow, report · Opposite: humming, murmur