Definitions for Bangs

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Bangs Bangs

Spelling: [bangz]

IPA: /bæŋz/

Bangs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Bangs (abgns).

Definitions for Bangs

noun

1. John Kendrick [ken-drik] /ˈkɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1862–1922, U.S. humorist.
2. a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
3. a resounding stroke or blow:
4. Informal. a sudden movement or show of energy:
5. energy; vitality; spirit:
6. Informal. sudden or intense pleasure; thrill; excitement:
7. Slang: Vulgar. sexual intercourse.
8. Printing and Computer Slang. an exclamation point.
9. Often, bangs. a fringe of hair combed or brushed forward over the forehead.
10. bhang.
11. 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.
12. 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 Bangs

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 Bangs

Soon, Twitter erupted with news that the First Lady had given up her Bangs.

“Bangs can add a youthful, modern edge to a style,” he says.

Just before twelve Captain Bangs did ask a question, his first one.

Bangs, Roberts says, also offer women a sleek, polished, and sophisticated look that complements any age, body shape or outfit.

Nor has Dick ever been one of those heavy-handed patriarchs who Bangs his fist on the table and demands that everyone get along.

It clangs and Bangs and whangs at 'em till the day of rest is a torment.

Mrs. Bangs had a sermon to deliver, and its text was not "cod cheeks."

Mrs. Tripp turned to Mr. Bangs; he also was staring, open-mouthed.

The highlights, however, are less of a dramatic style shift than the Bangs M.O. debuted in January.

"Bangs is my name, ma'am," said the big man with the lantern.