bang

/bæŋ(ɡ)/

noun

  1. 1

    A sudden percussive noise.

    When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
  2. 2

    A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

  3. 3

    An explosion.

  4. 4

    The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.

    An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  5. 5

    A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!

  6. 6

    An act of sexual intercourse.

  7. 7

    An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

  8. 8

    An explosive product.

    Load the bang into the hole.
  9. 9

    An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).

  10. 10

    (Boston area) An abrupt left turn.

  11. 11

    Strong smell (of)

    There was a bang of onions off his breath.
  12. 12

    A thrill.

Antonyms

verb

  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

    To hit hard.

    David and Mary banged into each other.
  3. 3

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

    We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
  4. 4

    (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

    Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
  5. 5

    To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

  6. 6

    To inject intravenously.

    Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.

adverb

  1. 1

    Right, directly.

    The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
  2. 2

    Precisely.

    He arrived bang on time.
  3. 3

    With a sudden impact.

    Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

interjection

  1. 1

    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

  1. 1

    Hair hanging over the forehead.

  2. 2

    A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

noun

  1. 1

    Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

noun

  1. 1

    Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.

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