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bang

UK/ˈbaŋ/ US/ˈbæŋ/ common slang us
verb (6) noun (5) adverb (1)

verb

1.

strike violently

  • “slam the ball”
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2.

to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound

  • “One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed”
3.

close violently

  • “He slammed the door shut”
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4.

move noisily

  • “The window banged shut”
  • “The old man banged around the house”
5.

have sexual intercourse with

  • “This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”
  • “Adam knew Eve”
  • “Were you ever intimate with this man?”
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6.

leap, jerk, bang

  • “Bullets spanged into the trees”
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noun

1.

a vigorous blow

  • “the sudden knock floored him”
  • “he took a bash right in his face”
  • “he got a bang on the head”
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2.
3.
4.

the swift release of a store of affective force

  • “they got a great bang out of it”
  • “what a boot!”
  • “he got a quick rush from injecting heroin”
  • “he does it for kicks”
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5.

a conspicuous success

  • “that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career”
  • “that new Broadway show is a real smasher”
  • “the party went with a bang”
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adverb

1.

directly

  • “he ran bang into the pole”
  • “ran slap into her”
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Origin

From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), 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. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.

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