bang

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See also bāng, bǎng, bàng, bâng, băng, and bằng

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Probably derived from, or at least cognate with, Old Norse and Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), cognate with Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel and German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“pulsate”) (rare) etc.

Noun [edit]

bang (plural bangs)

  1. A sudden percussive noise.
    When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
  2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  3. An explosion.
  4. (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
    Tiffany has long hair and bangs.
    • 1902, Barbara Baynton, Squeaker's Mate:
      She was not much to look at. Her red hair hung in an uncurled bang over her forehead
  5. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
    An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  6. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
  7. (figuratively) 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.
    Load the bang into the hole.
  10. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
Synonyms [edit]
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Antonyms [edit]
  • (abrupt left turn): hang
Translations [edit]
A sudden percussive noise
A strike upon an object causing such a noise
An explosion
bangs — see bangs
The symbol !
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Verb [edit]

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.
    The fireworks banged away all through the night.
    Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!
    My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
    He banged the door shut.
    David and Mary banged into each other.
    • Shakespeare
      The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
  3. (slang, figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
  4. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
    Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
  5. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
    • The Century Magazine
      His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
Synonyms [edit]
  • (which sense?): nail
Translations [edit]
to make sudden loud noises
slang: to engage in sexual intercourse
to hammer
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Adverb [edit]

bang (comparative more bang, superlative most bang)

  1. Right, directly.
    The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
    • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:
      After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.
  2. Precisely.
    He arrived bang on time.
  3. With a sudden impact.
    Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

Interjection [edit]

bang

  1. a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
    He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang!"
Translations [edit]
verbal percussive sound

Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Shortened from Bang's disease.

Noun [edit]

bang (plural bangs)

  1. (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease

Anagrams [edit]

Bislama [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English bank

Noun [edit]

bang

  1. A bank
    • 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech[1], ISBN 978-90-272-1863-6, page 344:
      Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.


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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Dutch banghe, from be- + anghe, the latter an adverbial form of enge (“narrow, confined”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

bang (comparative banger, superlative bangst)

  1. scared, frightened
    • Wees maar niet bang.
      • Please don't be afraid.
    • Ik ben bang voor het donker!
      • I am scared of the dark!

Declension [edit]

Declension of bang
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial bang banger
neuter
singular		 indefinite bang banger
definite bange bangere bangste bangst, bangste
common singular bange bangere bangste bangste
plural bange bangere bangste bangste
partitive bangs bangers

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German [edit]

Adjective [edit]

bang (comparative banger, superlative am bangsten)

  1. scared, frightened, afraid, fearful

Declension [edit]

positive forms of bang
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist bang sie ist bang es ist bang sie sind bang
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative banger bange banges bange
genitive bangen banger bangen banger
dative bangem banger bangem bangen
accusative bangen bange banges bange
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der bange die bange das bange die bangen
genitive des bangen der bangen des bangen der bangen
dative dem bangen der bangen dem bangen den bangen
accusative den bangen die bange das bange die bangen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein banger eine bange ein banges (keine) bangen
genitive eines bangen einer bangen eines bangen (keiner) bangen
dative einem bangen einer bangen einem bangen (keinen) bangen
accusative einen bangen eine bange ein banges (keine) bangen
comparative forms of bang
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist banger sie ist banger es ist banger sie sind banger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bangerer bangere bangeres bangere
genitive bangeren bangerer bangeren bangerer
dative bangerem bangerer bangerem bangeren
accusative bangeren bangere bangeres bangere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der bangere die bangere das bangere die bangeren
genitive des bangeren der bangeren des bangeren der bangeren
dative dem bangeren der bangeren dem bangeren den bangeren
accusative den bangeren die bangere das bangere die bangeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein bangerer eine bangere ein bangeres (keine) bangeren
genitive eines bangeren einer bangeren eines bangeren (keiner) bangeren
dative einem bangeren einer bangeren einem bangeren (keinen) bangeren
accusative einen bangeren eine bangere ein bangeres (keine) bangeren
superlative forms of bang
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am bangsten sie ist am bangsten es ist am bangsten sie sind am bangsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bangster bangste bangstes bangste
genitive bangsten bangster bangsten bangster
dative bangstem bangster bangstem bangsten
accusative bangsten bangste bangstes bangste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der bangste die bangste das bangste die bangsten
genitive des bangsten der bangsten des bangsten der bangsten
dative dem bangsten der bangsten dem bangsten den bangsten
accusative den bangsten die bangste das bangste die bangsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein bangster eine bangste ein bangstes (keine) bangsten
genitive eines bangsten einer bangsten eines bangsten (keiner) bangsten
dative einem bangsten einer bangsten einem bangsten (keinen) bangsten
accusative einen bangsten eine bangste ein bangstes (keine) bangsten

Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse.

Noun [edit]

bang check gender

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

Related terms [edit]

Malay [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

bang

  1. brother (older male sibling)

Synonyms [edit]

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

bang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bǎng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bàng.

Usage notes [edit]

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Onomatopoeic or unknown origin

Noun [edit]

bang

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

Related terms [edit]

Swedish [edit]

Adjective [edit]

bang

  1. scared, anxious

Noun [edit]

bang

  1. A sudden percussive noise
Declension of bang
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bang bangen bangar bangarna
genitive bangs bangens bangars bangarnas
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