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Bang Definition

See also bāng, bǎng, bàng, bâng, băng, and bằng

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology

Probably derived from, or at least cognate with, Old Norse and Icelandic banga "to pound, hammer,", cognate with Danish banke "to beat," Danish bengel and German Bengel "club", bungen (“pulsate”) (rare) etc. (Can we verify this etymology?) perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, coinciding with Korean 방아 (banga) "pounding" or milling of grain.

Noun

bang (plural bangs)

  1. A sudden percussive noise.
    When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
  2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  3. An explosion.
  4. (US) (especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead. (British: fringe)
    Tiffany has long hair and bangs.
    1902: She was not much to look at. Her red hair hung in an uncurled bang over her forehead — Barbara Baynton, short story Squeaker's Mate (variously reprinted, including in The Penguin Century of Australian Stories, ed. Carmel Bird, 2000, ISBN 0-670-89233-5)
  5. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
    An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  6. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
  7. (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
  8. plural: Brucellosis, a bacterial disease (a corruption of the alternate name "Bang's disease")
  9. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
  10. (slang) An explosive product, in mining
    Load the bang into the hole.
  11. (slang) An abrupt left turn, in Boston slang; the opposite of this, an abrupt right turn, is a hang

Synonyms

Verb

bang (third-person singular simple present bangs, present participle banging, simple past and past participle banged)

  1. To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
    The fireworks banged away all through the night.
  2. (slang, figuratively) To engage in sexual intercourse.
  3. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
    Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.

Synonyms

Translations

to make sudden loud noises
slang: to engage in sexual intercourse
  • Bulgarian: чукам bg(bg)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 幹 cmn(cmn), 干 cmn(cmn) (gàn)
  • Danish: knalde da(da)
  • Finnish: panna fi(fi)
  • French: baiser fr(fr), niquer fr(fr)
  • German: bumsen de(de)
  • Japanese: やる ja(ja) (yaru),寝る ja(ja) (neru),食う ja(ja) (kuu),犯す ja(ja) (okasu)
  • Russian: трахать ru(ru) (tráxat’), (intransitive) трахаться ru(ru) (tráxat’sja)
to hammer
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Interjection

bang

  1. a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
    He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang!"

Translations

verbal percussive sound
  • Basque: tanpa, danba
  • Bulgarian: па bg(bg)
  • Danish: bang da(da)
  • Finnish: pam fi(fi)
  • French: pan fr(fr)
  • German: peng de(de)
  • Greek: μπαμ (bam)
  • Italian: pam it(it), pum it(it)
  • Korean: 빵 (ppang), 팡 (pang)
  • Lithuanian: pyst lt(lt)
  • Spanish: pum es(es)
  • Swedish: pang sv(sv)

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Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

bang (comparative banger, superlative bangst)

  1. scared, frightened
    Wees maar niet bang. — Please don't be afraid.
    Ik ben bang voor het donker! — I am scared of the dark!

Declension

Declension of bang
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative
predicative bang banger
neuter singular indefinite bang banger
definite bange bangere bangste het bangst(e)
common singular bange bangere bangste de bangste
plural bange bangere bangste de bangste
partitive bangs bangers

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German

Adjective

bang (comparative banger, superlative am bangsten)

  1. Scared, frightened, afraid, fearful.

Icelandic

Etymology

Old Norse

Noun

bang

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

Related terms

Korean

Noun

bang (방)

  1. room
    Note: Used as a suffix in words such as PC방 (Internet café), 노래방 (noraebang, karaoke room), 소주방 (sojubang, drink shop)

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

bang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bǎng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bàng.

Usage notes

Old Norse

Etymology

Onomatopoeic or unknown origin

Noun

bang

  1. pounding, hammering, banging

Related terms

 

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