| bang | |
| 1. n. A sudden percussive noise. | |
| When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang. | |
| 2. n. A strike upon an object causing such a noise. | |
| 3. n. An explosion. | |
| 4. n. (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead. | |
| Tiffany has long hair and bangs. | |
| 5. n. (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point. | |
| An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path. | |
| 6. n. (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n! | |
| 7. n. (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse. | |
| 8. n. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano. | |
| 9. n. (slang) An explosive product. | |
| Load the bang into the hole. | |
| 10. n. (slang) An abrupt left turn. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something. | |
| The fireworks banged away all through the night. | |
| Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time! | |
| My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert. | |
| 12. v. To hit hard. | |
| He banged the door shut. | |
| David and Mary banged into each other. | |
| 13. v. (slang) To engage in sexual intercourse. | |
| We can hear the couple banging upstairs. | |
| 14. v. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard. | |
| Hold the picture while I bang in this nail. | |
| 15. v. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair). | |
| 16. adv. Right, directly. | |
| The passenger door was bang against the garage wall. | |
| 17. adv. Precisely. | |
| He arrived bang on time. | |
| 18. adv. With a sudden impact. | |
| Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door. | |
| 19. interj. A sudden percussive sound | |
| He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang!". | |
| 20. n. alt form, bhang, , cannabis | |
