Definitions for bang

Definitions for (noun) bang

Main entry: smash, smasher, strike, bang, hit

Definition: a conspicuous success

Usage: 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


Main entry: bang, fringe

Definition: a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead


Main entry: bam, bang, blast, clap, eruption

Definition: a sudden very loud noise


Main entry: bang, bash, belt, smash, knock

Definition: a vigorous blow

Usage: the sudden knock floored him; he took a bash right in his face; he got a bang on the head


Main entry: flush, kick, boot, charge, bang, thrill, rush

Definition: the swift release of a store of affective force

Usage: they got a great bang out of it; what a boot!; he got a quick rush from injecting heroin; he does it for kicks


Definitions for (verb) bang

Main entry: spang, bang

Definition: leap, jerk, bang

Usage: Bullets spanged into the trees


Main entry: slam, bang

Definition: strike violently

Usage: slam the ball


Main entry: bang, slam

Definition: close violently

Usage: He slammed the door shut


Main entry: make love, make out, jazz, lie with, know, love, fuck, sleep together, sleep with, roll in the hay, screw, bonk, bang, be intimate, bed, eff, do it, hump, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, get it on, get laid

Definition: have sexual intercourse with

Usage: This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm; Adam knew Eve; Were you ever intimate with this man?


Main entry: bang

Definition: move noisily

Usage: The window banged shut; The old man banged around the house


Main entry: bang

Definition: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound

Usage: One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed


Definitions for (adv) bang

Main entry: bolt, slap, slapdash, smack, bang

Definition: directly

Usage: he ran bang into the pole; ran slap into her


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