bang
IPA: bˈæŋ
noun
- 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.]
verb
- (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.
adverb
- Right, directly.
- Precisely.
- With a sudden impact.
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Examples of "bang" in Sentences
- The bang on the door grew harder.
- The chairperson banged the gavel.
- The big bang theory is a cosmogony.
- The two men bang on the door angrily.
- The neighbour bangs on the door and comes in.
- The instant of the collision is the big bang.
- The expanding universe is the result of the big bang.
- Whatever it is, going out with a bang is a great idea.
- He recoiled just after he heard the loud banging sound.
- The Apocalypse didn't come with a bang, but with a whimper.
- The room is soundproof, so he doesn't hear them banging on the door.
- February 18, 2008 at 4:19 am ackshully shood hab sed, insted ob *shoot shoot bang bang*
- There was the rattling of a key faintly heard, and then _bang, bang, bang_, and the ringing of the bell.
- With amazing coolness, the New Englander brought his Winchester to a level, and _bang, bang, bang_, he shattered three of the knots in quick succession.
- The new willingness to consider what might have happened before the bang is the latest swing of an intellectual pendulum that has rocked back and forth for millennia.
- Backpack marked with a 'bang' prompted Los Angeles' Union Station evacuation A BACKPACK with the word "bang" written on it prompted authorities to evacuate sections of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.
- Backpack marked with a 'bang' prompted Los Angeles' Union Station evacuation A BACKPACK with the word "bang" written on it prompted authorities to evacuate sections of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles this afternoon local time authorities said.
- He was soon assured of that fact, for as the steamer was lit-up by the port-fire as well as the prahus, _bang, bang, bang, bang_, one after the other, came the reports of the brass guns the two long boats had on board, and a hail of small iron balls came whistling through the rigging.