to bang

Definition of to bang in English English dictionary: An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano; An explosion; The symbol !, known as an exclamation point
An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.; To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something
The fireworks banged away all through the night.; An explosive product, in mining
Load the bang into the hole.; A fringe of hair cut across the forehead. (British: fringe)
1902: She was not much to look at. Her red hair hung in an uncurled bang over her forehead — Barbara Baynton, short story Squeaker's Mate (variously reprinted, including in The Penguin Century of Australian Stories, ed. Carmel Bird, 2000, ISBN 0-670-89233-5).; An act of sexual intercourse; plural: Brucellosis, a bacterial disease (a corruption of the alternate name "Bang's disease"); {v} t. to beat, thump, use or treat roughly; {n} a blow, thump, knock, stroke, rap; {i} strike, hit; sound of an explosion; slam; cannabis, hemp; 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; A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!; If you bang a part of your body, you accidentally knock it against something and hurt yourself. She'd fainted and banged her head He hurried into the hall, banging his shin against a chair in the darkness. Bang is also a noun. a nasty bang on the head; directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"; A sudden percussive noise; with a sudden slamming boom; noisily; 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; a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound; when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn; Spoken name for an exclamation point, used in old-style UUCP addresses to delimit the steps in a path from one site to another; To hammer or to hit anything hard; An abrupt left turn, in Boston slang; the opposite of this, an abrupt right turn, is a hang; a sudden very loud noise; directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her; a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead) a sudden very loud noise the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"; If you bang a door or if it bangs, it closes suddenly with a loud noise. the sound of doors banging All up and down the street the windows bang shut The wind banged a door somewhere. = slam; strike violently; "slam the ball"; In programming, a common slang term for an excalmation point (!) In HTML, a common slant term for a forward slash (/); to bang your head against a brick wall: see brick. To cut (hair) in bangs. Variant of bhang; If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times. The engine spat and banged; If you bang on something or if you bang it, you hit it hard, making a loud noise. We could bang on the desks and shout till they let us out There is no point in shouting or banging the table; Bangs are hair which is cut so that it hangs over your forehead; emphasis You can use bang to emphasize expressions that indicate an exact position or an exact time. bang in the middle of the track For once you leave bang on time for work. = right see also big bang theory; Colloquial name for gelignite; to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"; A bang is a sudden loud noise such as the noise of an explosion. I heard four or five loud bangs She slammed the door with a bang; Another name for the exclamation point (!); The sound produced by a sudden concussion; {ü} boom!; To engage in sexual intercourse; close violently; "He slammed the door shut"; The exclamation point! Used to separate machine names in UUCP bang-style addressing, which isn't all that common anymore; type term; If you bang something on something or if you bang it down, you quickly and violently put it on a surface, because you are angry. She banged his dinner on the table He banged down the telephone; Club; A term often used for the exclamation point (!); A strike upon an object causing such a noise; {f} beat, strike; make constant noise; cut hair shorter exposing more of the forehead; (Aggressive Slang) engage in sexual intercourse, couple; a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"; leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"; or bann (feminine, gen bainne, bainge) a stroke (swimming, rowing); If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved. There will be more work to do, not less. Bang goes the fantasy of retirement at; To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair); plural: Brucellosis, a bacterial disease (a corruption of the alternate name "Bangs disease")"; In Unix-ese, an exclamation point The C shell command !!, which repeats the last command, for example, is pronounced "Bang!Bang!" Try this with your children they will love it; If you bang into something or someone, you bump or knock them hard, usually because you are not looking where you are going. Various men kept banging into me in the narrow corridor. = bump; move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"; have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"; a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"; To inject drugs; The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp; To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly; a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead); the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"; 12. If something begins or ends with a bang, it begins or ends with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, or success. Her career began with a bang in 1986; A blow as with a club; a heavy blow