bang

IPA: bˈæŋ

A sudden percussive noise.
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.
(chiefly 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.
(slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
(slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
(Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
(slang) A thrill.
Alternative form of bhang (“cannabis”) [(India, Kenya, Uganda, elsewhere slang) Cannabis and preparations thereof.]

(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
(transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
(slang, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
(transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
(transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
(finance, transitive, dated) To depress the prices in (a market).
(slang, transitive, obsolete) To excel or surpass.
(intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
(Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
(New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
(US, slang) Shortened form of gangbang, to participate in street gang criminal activity.

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