bang

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

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[edit] Etymology 1

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.

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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.
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  • (abrupt left turn): hang
[edit] Translations
A sudden percussive noise
A strike upon an object causing such a noise
An explosion
A fringe of hair cut across the forehead
The symbol !
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[edit] 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.
    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. (ambitransitive) To hit hard
    He banged the door shut.
    David and Mary banged into each other.
  3. (slang, figuratively, ambitransitive) 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.
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to make sudden loud noises
slang: to engage in sexual intercourse
to hammer
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[edit] Adverb

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.

[edit] Interjection

bang

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

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[edit] Etymology 2

An ellipsis of w:Bang's disease

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bang (plural bangs)

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

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

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

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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!

[edit] Declension

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


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[edit] German

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bang (comparative banger, superlative am bangsten)

  1. Scared, frightened, afraid, fearful.

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Old Norse

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bang

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

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bang

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Old Norse

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Onomatopoeic or unknown origin

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bang

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

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