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banger

/ˈbæŋ.ə/ Australia, UK
[ˈbæŋ.ə] Australia, UK
/ˈbæŋ.ɚ/ US
[ˈbæŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbæŋ.ɹ̩] US
/ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ/ US
[ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɹ̩] US
/ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɚ/ US
[ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɹ̩] US

Rhymes with -æŋə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From bang + -er. The sausages were so called because of their excess water content and impervious skin, leading to the risk of explosion if not punctured before cooking.

noun bangers

UK A firework that makes a bang.
slang A person who has sex. He is also a former international chick banger.
slang An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
Similar: bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket, banger, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker
US, slang A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing. He drives a little four-banger to work.
idiomatic, slang A powerfully energetic or exceptional song, especially in hip-hop and dance music. My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems
Similar: heater
broadly, slang Any particularly good or pleasing thing. When the only problem a game gives me is that I wish there was more of it, I can confidently say it's a banger.
Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang A good or popular post. can’t stop getting bangers
One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
UK, slang A woman's breast. […] yet not only was Gok able to tell her that her 'bangers' were amazing: he buried his head in her cleavage. No other man on television would have been able to get away with that.
Similar: breasts
UK, slang A man's penis.
Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang A sausage.
Similar: snag
US, abbreviation, clipping, slang Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang. Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.
slang A Bangalore torpedo.
A spectacular goal.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: firecracker, cracker, thug, gangsta, gangster, thief, mob, scum, trash, felon, rabble, punk, criminal, mrs, guy, banging

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noun very good piece of music

Español	temazo, rolona
日本語	神曲 kamikyoku
中文	神曲 shénqǔ
Français	tube
Deutsch	Brett

noun firework

Italiano	petardo
Русский	хлопу́шка xlopúška

noun a spectacular goal in football

Español	golazo
Português	golaço

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BibTeX

@misc{banger_2026,
  title = {banger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/banger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}