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Definition bang

Etymology 1

From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian, *bangan or Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?en- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga (“to hammer”), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”).

In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off.

Noun

bang (plural bangs)

1. A sudden percussive noise.
2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
3. An explosion.
4. (US, archaic) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
5. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
6. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
7. (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
8. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
9. (slang, mining) An explosive product.
10. (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). [from 20th c.]
11. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.

Verb

bang (third-person singular simple present bangs, present participle banging, simple past and past participle banged)

1. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
3. (slang, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
4. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
5. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

Adverb

bang (comparative more bang, superlative most bang)

1. Right, directly.
2. Precisely.
3. With a sudden impact.

Interjection

bang

1. A sudden percussive sound

Etymology 2

Noun

bang (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bhang (“cannabis”)

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