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noun
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a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
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a resounding stroke or blow: a nasty bang on the head.
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energy; vitality; spirit: The bang has gone out of my work.
5.
EXPANDInformal. sudden or intense pleasure; thrill; excitement: a big bang out of seeing movies.
verb (used with object)
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to strike or beat resoundingly; pound: to bang a door.
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to hit or bump painfully: to bang one's ankle on a chair leg.
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Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with.
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verb (used without object)
12.
to strike violently or noisily: to bang on the door.
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to make a loud, sudden, explosive noise like that of a violent blow: The guns banged all night.
14.
Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse.
adverb
Verb phrases15.
suddenly and loudly; abruptly or violently: She fell bang against the wall.
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directly; precisely; right: He stood bang in the middle of the flower bed.
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bang into, to collide with; bump into: The truck skidded on the ice and banged into a parked car.
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Idiomsbang up, to damage: A passing car banged up our fender.
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bang off, Chiefly British Slang. immediately; right away.
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bang on, Chiefly British Slang. terrific; marvelous; just right: That hat is absolutely bang on.
Origin:
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
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
Synonyms
2. smack, clout, box, wallop, sock, bash, cuff.
2. smack, clout, box, wallop, sock, bash, cuff.
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Word Origin & History
bang
1540s, "to strike hard with a loud blow," from O.N. banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin. Slang meaning "have sexual intercourse with" first recorded 1937. Bang-up "excellent, first-rate," 1820, probably shortened from phrase bang up to the mark.
EXPAND"This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper"
[T.S. Eliot, "Hollow Men," 1925]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
Bang (bāng, bäng), Bernhard Lauritz Frederik. 1848-1932.
Danish veterinarian who discovered Brucella abortus, the agent of brucellosis in cattle and of undulant fever in humans.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
bang into
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Crash noisily into, collide with, as in A clumsy fellow, Bill was always banging into furniture. [Early 1700s]
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Strike heavily so as to drive in; also, persuade. For example, I've been banging nails into the siding all day, or I can't seem to bang it into his head that time is precious. The literal usage dates from the mid-1500s, the figurative from the second half of the 1800s. Also see bump into.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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