[bang] 
| 1. | a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun. |
| 2. | a resounding stroke or blow: a nasty bang on the head. |
| 3. | Informal. a sudden movement or show of energy: He started with a bang. |
| 4. | energy; vitality; spirit: The bang has gone out of my work. |
| 5. | Informal. sudden or intense pleasure; thrill; excitement: a big bang out of seeing movies. |
| 6. | Slang: Vulgar. sexual intercourse. |
| 7. | Printing and Computer Slang. an exclamation point. |
| 8. | to strike or beat resoundingly; pound: to bang a door. |
| 9. | to hit or bump painfully: to bang one's ankle on a chair leg. |
| 10. | to throw or set down roughly; slam: He banged the plates on the table. |
| 11. | Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with. |
| 12. | to strike violently or noisily: to bang on the door. |
| 13. | 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. |
| 15. | suddenly and loudly; abruptly or violently: She fell bang against the wall. |
| 16. | directly; precisely; right: He stood bang in the middle of the flower bed. |
| 17. | bang into, to collide with; bump into: The truck skidded on the ice and banged into a parked car. |
| 18. | bang up, to damage: A passing car banged up our fender. |
| 19. | bang off, Chiefly British Slang. immediately; right away. |
| 20. | bang on, Chiefly British Slang. terrific; marvelous; just right: That hat is absolutely bang on. |
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.