bang
banged; banging; bangs
A bang is a loud noise, like a door slamming or something heavy being dropped on a wood floor. Hearing a bang outside your house at night might make your dog start barking.
The sharp sound of a bang might be made by someone pounding on your front door, or two cars colliding. A bang can also be a painful physical knock, like a bang on your head when you crash your bike. You can use it as a verb as well: "Don't bang your laptop down on the table — you'll break it!" Bang shares a Scandinavian root with the Old Norse banga, "to pound."
Definitions of bang
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the swift release of a store of affective force“they got a great bang out of it”
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type of:
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excitement, exhilaration
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
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excitement, exhilaration
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a vigorous blow
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a sudden very loud noise
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to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
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strike violently
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close violently
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move noisily
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leap, jerk, bang
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synonyms:
spang
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type of:
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collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
hit against; come into sudden contact with
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collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
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a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
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a conspicuous success“the party went with a bang”
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types:
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blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
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sleeper
an unexpected hit
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type of:
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success
an attainment that is successful
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blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
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have sexual intercourse with
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synonyms:
have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
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types:
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have, take
have sex with; archaic use
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fornicate
have sex without being married
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swing
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
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bed-hop, bedhop, sleep around
be sexually active with more than one partner
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directly
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