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bang

/bæŋ(ɡ)/

Phonetics

/bæŋ(ɡ)/

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noun

  • A sudden percussive noise.

    Example: When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
  • A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

  • An explosion.

  • The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.

    Example: An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  • A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!

  • An act of sexual intercourse.

  • An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

  • An explosive product.

    Example: Load the bang into the hole.
  • An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).

  • (Boston area) An abrupt left turn.

  • Strong smell (of)

    Example: There was a bang of onions off his breath.
  • A thrill.


verb

  • To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

    Example: My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert.
  • To hit hard.

    Example: David and Mary banged into each other.
  • To engage in sexual intercourse.

    Example: We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
  • (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

    Example: Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
  • To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

  • To inject intravenously.

    Example: Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.

adverb

  • Right, directly.

    Example: The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
  • Precisely.

    Example: He arrived bang on time.
  • With a sudden impact.

    Example: Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

interjection

  • A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

    Example: He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang!"

noun

  • Hair hanging over the forehead.

  • A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.


noun

  • Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.


bang

/bæŋ(ɡ)/

Phonetics

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noun

  • Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.