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noun

Bang n.

A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. "Many a stiff thwack, many a bang."

The loud sound produced by a sudden concussion or explosion.

A surge of pleasure; a thrill; usually used in the phrase get a bang out of; as, I always get a bang out of watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump. (informal)

Synonyms: kick (5).

(Printing & Computers) An exclamation point; used in verbal descriptions of text, in printing and in computer technology; as, his email address is tom bang stanford dot edu (i.e. tom!stanford.edu). (slang)

An instance of sexual intercourse; a fuck. Considered vulgar and obscene. (vulgar slang)

Bang n. The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn; usually used in the plural; as, her bangs came down almost to her eyes. "His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang."

Bangue, Bang n. See Bhang.

verb

Bang v. t. (past & past part. banged; pres. part. banging)

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. "The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks."

To beat or thump, or to cause (something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

To have sexual intercourse with; to fuck; usually used with the male as a subject. Considered vulgar or obscene. (vulgar slang)

Bang v. t. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). "His hair banged even with his eyebrows."

Bang v. i.

To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

To have sexual intercourse; to fuck. Considered vulgar and obscene. (vulgar slang)

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Etymology of 'Bang'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bang" Quotes from Famous Books

... work harder than an engineer for their rattlety-bang speed. I had rather sit back and get some pleasure out of riding, as I do behind ...

— Analyzing Character • Katherine M. H. Blackford and Arthur Newcomb

... "And you shall christen it, Dottie, with a big Florence flask full of absolute vacuum. 'I christen you "The Skylark." BANG!'" ...

— The Skylark of Space • Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

... I let slip at 'em, and missed 'em. Says father, says he, "What a blockhead you be, Sam, that's your own fault, they were too far off; you hadn't ought to have fired so soon. At Bunker's hill we let the British come right on till we seed the whites of their eyes, and then we let 'em have it slap bang." Well, I felt kinder grigged at missin' my shot, and I didn't over half like to be scolded too; so, says I, "Yes, father; but recollect you had a mud bank to hide behind, where you were proper safe, and you had a rest for your guns too; but as soon as you seed a little more than the whites ...

— The Clockmaker • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

... thing it would be to see the lot by road! I tell you, this little auto's going to be all right—all right. It'd be the best kind of a stunt for a lady from Europe; and if the papers got hold of it, I bet they'd give us a bang-up notice—a photo too, maybe, you could send your friends on ...

— The Port of Adventure • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... on, at any rate as far as Boulogne," she volunteered, without my asking the question; and we got into our car together, she entering her compartment and I mine. I heard her door bang, but I kept mine ...

— The Passenger from Calais • Arthur Griffiths

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