bang

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Noun

1. A sudden percussive noise.
   • When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
2. A heavy strike upon an object causing such a noise.
   • I gave the door a bang and it swung open.
   • That bang on his head has sent him funny.
3. An explosion.
   • When he pushed the detonator, the bang blew him off his feet.
4. Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
5. The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
   • An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
6. (Can we verify this sense?) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is written as n!
7. An act of sexual intercourse.
8. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
9. An explosive product.
   • Load the bang into the hole.
10. An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
11. An abrupt left turn.
12. strong smell (of)
    • There was a bang of onions off his breath.
13. A thrill.

Verb

1. To make sudden loud noises, often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
   • The fireworks banged away all through the night.
   • The door banged in the wind.
   • My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert.
2. To hit (something) hard, making a loud noise.
   • She banged the table with her fist.
   • He banged the drum in sync with the band.
   • Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
3. To cause or suffer (one thing) to hit (another).
   • The blacksmith banged the hammer on the anvil.
   • I banged my head on the ceiling.
   • He banged the door shut.
4. To hit (on, against, etc. something).
   • Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!
   • My knee banged against the rung of the ladder.
   • David and Mary banged into each other.
5. To engage in sexual intercourse.
   • We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
6. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
7. To inject intravenously.
   • Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.
8. To depress the prices in (a market).
9. To excel or surpass.
10. To be excellent; to be banging
    • This song bangs!
11. To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
12. To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
    • Bang a right at the next stoplight.
13. To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.
    • You know I still bang.
14. To play a sport aggressively.

Adverb

1. Right, directly.
   • The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
2. Precisely, exactly, completely.
   • He arrived bang on time.
3. With a sudden impact.
   • Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
4. Used as a general intensifier.
   • I'm bang up for it! (I'm very keen and willing to do it)
   • She's bang on it today. (She's on very good form today)

Interjection

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. Archaic spelling of bhang.

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