bang
/bæŋ(ɡ)/
Dictionary
noun
- 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.
- The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
"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.
"Load the bang into the hole."
- An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
- (Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
- Strong smell (of)
"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.
"My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert."
- To hit hard.
"David and Mary banged into each other."
- To engage in sexual intercourse.
"We can hear the couple banging upstairs."
- (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
"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.
"Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it."
adverb
- Right, directly.
"The passenger door was bang against the garage wall."
- Precisely.
"He arrived bang on time."
- With a sudden impact.
"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.
"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.
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