Bang Definition

băng
banged, banging, bangs
noun
bangs
A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion.
American Heritage
A hard, noisy blow or impact.
Webster's New World
A sudden loud blow or bump.
American Heritage
A loud, sudden noise, as of hitting or exploding.
Webster's New World
A sudden burst of action.
The campaign started off with a bang.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
banged, banging, bangs
To strike heavily and often repeatedly; bump.
American Heritage
To cut (hair) to form bangs.
American Heritage
To hit with a resounding blow; strike hard and noisily.
Webster's New World
To make a loud noise, as through concussion or explosion.
Webster's New World
To close suddenly and loudly; slam.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
adverb
Exactly; precisely.
The arrow hit bang on the target.
American Heritage
Hard, noisily, and suddenly.
To run bang against a wall.
Webster's New World
Suddenly; abruptly.
Cut the conversation bang off.
American Heritage
Suddenly or exactly.
Be stopped bang in the middle.
Webster's New World

Right, directly.

The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
interjection
Used to indicate the sound of an explosion or collision.
American Heritage
Used to suggest the sound of a shot or explosion.
Webster's New World
He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang!"
Wiktionary
idiom
bang for the
  • Value returned for investment or effort.
American Heritage
bang up
  • to do physical damage to
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bang

Noun

Singular:
bang
Plural:
bangs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bang

Origin of Bang

  • From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian, *bangan or Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga (“to hammer”), Danish banke (“to beat”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), Danish bengel (“club”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), German bungen (“to throb, pulsate”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From bang abruptly as in the phrase cut bang off to cut off abruptly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from Old Norse bang a hammering

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortened from Bang's disease.

    From Wiktionary

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