Definitions for Bang

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Bang bang

Spelling: [bang]

IPA: /bæŋ/

Bang is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in Bang (abgn).

Definitions for Bang

noun

1. a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
2. a resounding stroke or blow:
3. Informal. a sudden movement or show of energy:
4. energy; vitality; spirit:
5. Informal. sudden or intense pleasure; thrill; excitement:
6. Slang: Vulgar. sexual intercourse.
7. Printing and Computer Slang. an exclamation point.
8. Often, bangs. a fringe of hair combed or brushed forward over the forehead.
9. bhang.
10. a mild preparation of marijuana made from young leaves and stems of the Indian hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, drunk with milk or water as a fermented brew or smoked for its hallucinogenic effects.
11. a water pipe.

Idioms

1. bang off, Chiefly British Slang. immediately; right away.
2. bang on, Chiefly British Slang. terrific; marvelous; just right:

adverb

1. suddenly and loudly; abruptly or violently:
2. directly; precisely; right:

Verb phrases

1. bang into, to collide with; bump into:
2. bang up, to damage:

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or beat resoundingly; pound:
2. to hit or bump painfully:
3. to throw or set down roughly; slam:
4. Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with.
5. to cut (the hair) so as to form a fringe over the forehead.
6. to dock (the tail of a horse or dog).

verb (used without object)

1. to strike violently or noisily:
2. to make a loud, sudden, explosive noise like that of a violent blow:
3. Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse.

Origin of Bang

1540-50; 1930-35 for def 5; compare Old Norse banga to beat, hammer, Low German bangen to strike, beat, German dialect banken; perhaps orig. imitative

Examples for Bang

Mr. Charm proceeded to bang and tell his way through Hollywood.

The fourth season opens, quite predictably, with a bang—in the form of a drone strike.

The sixth-season premiere of the rowdy, take-no-prisoners sitcom opens with a bang—literally.

So he lay down in the coffin but no sooner was he inside when bang!

"Bonsoir, monsieur," was the sharp reply, and the window was lowered with a bang.

This professional seducer, of sorts, has been pictured holding a T-shirt reading “Diss Fatties, bang Hotties.”

Soon a stone flew against the door—then another— and bang, bang!

We stood gaping and staring at her, not knowing what to make of this manoeuvre, when "bang!"

A pushing open of the outer door, a bang, and hasty footsteps in the hall.

Did the French monarchy end not with a bang—or a whimper—but a smile?