bang
English
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Pronunciation
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 *bʰen- (“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.
Alternative forms
- bangue (obsolete)
Noun
bang (plural bangs)
- A sudden percussive noise.
- When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
- A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
- An explosion.
- (US, archaic) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
- Tiffany has long hair and bangs.
- (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
- (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
- (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
- (slang, mining) An explosive product.
- Load the bang into the hole.
- (slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). [from 20th c.]
- 1952, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- As for myself, I take a bang now and then—I know plenty of croakers—but I really couldn't keep up a habit without a lot of running around and bother.
- 1952, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
Synonyms
- strike, blow
- explosion
- (the symbol !): exclamation point, exclamation mark
Antonyms
- (abrupt left turn): hang
Translations
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Verb
bang (third-person singular simple present bangs, present participle banging, simple past and past participle banged)
- (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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
- He banged the door shut.
- David and Mary banged into each other.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- 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.
- (slang, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
- We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
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- 1972, Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (film):
- Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
- Synonym: nail
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
- Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
- (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
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- His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
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Conjugation
infinitive | (to) bang | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | bang | banged | |
2nd-person singular | |||
3rd-person singular | bangs | ||
plural | bang | ||
subjunctive | bang | banged | |
imperative | bang | — | |
participles | banging | banged |
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Adverb
bang (comparative more bang, superlative most bang)
- Right, directly.
- The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
- 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- Precisely.
- He arrived bang on time.
- With a sudden impact.
- Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
Interjection
bang
- 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!"
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 17:
- "We help to kill the bloody bandits. Bang, bang, bang."
Translations
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Derived terms
- (verb): banger, gangbang
- (noun): bang for the buck, big bang
- (adverb): bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-up
- (adjective): bang-bang
Etymology 2
Noun
bang (uncountable)
- Alternative form of bhang (“cannabis”)
See also
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bang (“afraid”), from Middle Dutch banghe.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bang (attributive bange, comparative banger, superlative bangste)
Bislama
Etymology
Noun
bang
- A bank
- 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech[2], →ISBN, page 344:
- Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.
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Cebuano
Etymology
Noun
bang
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bang.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch banghe, from be- + anghe, the latter is an adverbial form of enge (“narrow, confined”), compare angst (“fear”).
Adjective
bang (comparative banger, superlative bangst)
- scared, frightened
- Wees maar niet bang.
- Please don't be afraid.
- Ik ben bang voor het donker!
- I am scared of the dark!
- fearful
- anxious
Usage notes
The adjective is accompanied with zijn (to be); for example: Ik ben bang "I am afraid". Usage with hebben (to have) also occurs - for example: Ik heb bang - but is generally proscribed.
Inflection
Declension of bang | ||||
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uninflected | bang | |||
inflected | bange | |||
comparative | banger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | bang | banger | het bangst het bangste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | bange | bangere | bangste |
n. sing. | bang | banger | bangste | |
plural | bange | bangere | bangste | |
definite | bange | bangere | bangste | |
partitive | bangs | bangers | — |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bang
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
bang m (plural bangen, diminutive bangetje n)
- sound of an explosion or gun; bang
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Interjection
bang
Noun
bang m (plural bangs)
- sonic boom
- bong (marijuana pipe)
German
Alternative forms
- bange (both are roughly equally common)
Etymology
From Middle High German bange, from be- + ange (“narrow, close”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bang (comparative banger or bänger, superlative am bangsten or am bängsten)
- scared, frightened, afraid, fearful
- 2001, Winfried Georg Sebald, Austerlitz, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, →ISBN, page 376:
- […] wenn sie, was mich stets in eine bange Stimmung versetzte, nicht in Paris war, machte ich mich regelmäßig auf, die Randbezirke der Stadt zu erkunden […]
- when she, which always placed me into a state of dread, wasn’t in Paris, I regularly set off to reconnoitre the outlying districts of the city […]
- Synonym: ängstlich
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse [Term?].
Pronunciation
Noun
bang n (genitive singular bangs, no plural)
Declension
Related terms
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bang
Etymology 2
Clipping of abang (“brother”).
Noun
bang
- Title or term of address for brother
Etymology 3
Noun
bang
- A sudden percussive noise.
Further reading
- “bang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bang m (genitive singular banga, nominative plural banganna)
Declension
Derived terms
- bang brollaigh (“breast-stroke”)
- bang thaoibh (“side-stroke”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish bang (“ban, interdict”).
Noun
bang f (genitive singular bainge, nominative plural banga)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
bang m (genitive singular baing, nominative plural baing)
- Alternative form of banc (“bank”)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bang | bhang | mbang |
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Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bang”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bang”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “stroke”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Javanese
Javanese writing system | |
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Carakan | ꦧꦁ |
Pegon | |
Roman | bang |
Etymology 1
Adjective
bang
Etymology 2
Noun
bang
Etymology 3
Noun
bang
Etymology 4
Noun
bang
Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑːŋɡ/
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Noun
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- a shout.
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
bang (plural bang-bang, informal 1st possessive bangku, 2nd possessive bangmu, 3rd possessive bangnya)
Mandarin
Romanization
bang
- Nonstandard spelling of bāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of bǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of bàng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Old Norse
Etymology
Onomatopoeic or unknown origin.
Noun
bang n (genitive bangs, plural bǫng)
Related terms
References
- “bang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German bang, Dutch bang.
Adjective
bang
Portuguese
Noun
bang m (plural s)
- (Brazil, slang, nonstandard) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
Synonyms
- (something of unknown name): coisa, troço (Brazil), treco (Brazil), negócio (Brazil), bagulho (Brazil), bagaça (Brazil), trem, pira, cena (Portugal)
Swedish
Adjective
bang
Noun
bang ?
- A sudden percussive noise
Declension
Declension of bang | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bang | bangen | bangar | bangarna |
Genitive | bangs | bangens | bangars | bangarnas |
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 邦.
Noun
(classifier cái) bang
- (Vietnam) state (a political division of a federation)
- Thành phố Oklahoma là thủ phủ bang Oklahoma.
- Oklahoma City is the capital of the state of Oklahoma.
- bang Kê-ra-la trong nước Cộng hòa Ấn Độ
- the State of Kerala in the Republic of India
- Thụy Sĩ có 26 bang.
- Switzerland has 26 cantons.
Synonyms
- (state): tiểu bang (chiefly overseas Vietnamese)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bang
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 幫.
Noun
bang
- (historical) community of overseas Chinese in French Indochina who emigrated from the same province of China
- bang Phúc Kiến
- the Fukien Chinese expatriates' society
- Short for bang tá (“assistant district chief”).
- Short for bang biện (“assistant district chief”).
Derived terms
See also
References
- "bang" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
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