bang

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

English

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Pronunciation

  • enPR: băng, IPA(key): /bæŋ(ɡ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

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

Noun

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, archaic) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
    Tiffany has long hair and bangs.
    • (Can we date this quote by W. D. Howells and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang
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  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. (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.
    Load the bang into the hole.
  10. (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.
  11. (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
Synonyms
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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)

  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.
  3. (slang, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
    Synonym: nail
  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).
    • (Can we date this quote by The Century Magazine and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bang
infinitive (to) bang
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
Translations

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”, 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.
  2. Precisely.
    He arrived bang on time.
  3. With a sudden impact.
    Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

Interjection

bang

  1. 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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

bang (uncountable)

  1. 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)

  1. afraid

Bislama

Etymology

From English bank.

Noun

bang

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
This entry has fewer than three known examples of actual usage, the minimum considered necessary for clear attestation, and may not be reliable. Bislama is subject to a special exemption for languages with limited documentation. If you speak it, please consider editing this entry or adding citations. See also Help and the Community Portal.

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bang

  1. the sound of an explosion or a gun

Quotations

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)

  1. scared, frightened
    • Wees maar niet bang.
      Please don't be afraid.
    • Ik ben bang voor het donker!
      I am scared of the dark!
  2. fearful
  3. 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
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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bang m (plural bangen, diminutive bangetje n)

  1. sound of an explosion or gun; bang

French

Pronunciation

Interjection

bang

  1. bang

Noun

bang m (plural bangs)

  1. sonic boom
  2. 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)

  1. 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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

bang n (genitive singular bangs, no plural)

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

Declension

declension of bang
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bang bangið
accusative bang bangið
dative bangi banginu
genitive bangs bangsins

Related terms

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bang

  1. adhan
    Synonym: azan

Etymology 2

Clipping of abang (“brother”).

Noun

bang

  1. Title or term of address for brother

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic

Noun

bang

  1. A sudden percussive noise.

Further reading

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)

  1. (swimming) stroke, single effort
    Synonyms: béim, buille, oscar
  2. effort, (vigorous) movement
Declension
Declension of bang

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bang banganna
Vocative a bhang a bhanganna
Genitive banga banganna
Dative bang banganna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bang na banganna
Genitive an bhanga na mbanganna
Dative leis an mbang

don bhang

leis na banganna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bang (“ban, interdict”).

Noun

bang f (genitive singular bainge, nominative plural banga)

  1. ban, interdict, taboo
  2. restraint
Declension
Declension of bang

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bang banga
Vocative a bhang a bhanga
Genitive bainge bang
Dative bang banga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhang na banga
Genitive na bainge na mbang
Dative leis an mbang

don bhang

leis na banga

Etymology 3

Noun

bang m (genitive singular baing, nominative plural baing)

  1. Alternative form of banc (“bank”)
Declension
Declension of bang

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bang baing
Vocative a bhaing a bhanga
Genitive baing bang
Dative bang baing

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bang na baing
Genitive an bhaing na mbang
Dative leis an mbang

don bhang

leis na baing

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bang bhang mbang
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦧꦁ
Roman bang

Etymology 1

Adjective

bang

  1. red

Etymology 2

Noun

bang

  1. region

Etymology 3

Noun

bang

  1. bank

Etymology 4

Noun

bang

  1. flower

Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːŋɡ/
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Noun

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  1. a shout.

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

bang (plural bang-bang, informal 1st possessive bangku, 2nd possessive bangmu, 3rd possessive bangnya)

  1. brother (older male sibling)
    Synonyms: abang (bung), kakak, engko, nana, uda

Mandarin

Romanization

bang

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

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

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

  1. afraid, scared, fearful
  2. timid
  3. uneasy

Portuguese

Noun

bang m (plural s)

  1. (Brazil, slang, nonstandard) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)

Synonyms

Swedish

Adjective

bang

  1. scared, anxious

Noun

bang ?

  1. A sudden percussive noise

Declension

Declension of bang 
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

  1. (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
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bang

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit
    Synonyms: bá, tông

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 幫.

Noun

bang

  1. (historical) community of overseas Chinese in French Indochina who emigrated from the same province of China
    bang Phúc Kiến
    the Fukien Chinese expatriates' society
  2. Short for bang tá (“assistant district chief”).
  3. Short for bang biện (“assistant district chief”).
Derived terms
Derived terms
See also

References

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