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

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tap
whimper

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.

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tap

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.

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slowly

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

A verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.

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

bang for the
bang up

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