FromMiddle English *bangen Old English *bangian Old Norse banga ( “ to pound, hammer ” ) ; both fromProto-Germanic *bangōną ( “ to beat, pound ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bʰen- ( “ to beat, hit, injure ” ) . Cognate withScots bang bung ( “ to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend ” ) ,Icelandic banga ( “ to pound, hammer ” ) ,Old Swedish bånga ( "to hammer"; whence modernSwedish banka ( “ to knock, pound, bang ” ) ) ,Danish banke ( “ to beat ” ) ,bengel ( “ club ” ) ,Low German bangen bangeln ( “ to strike, beat ” ) ,West Frisian bingel bongel Dutch bengel ( “ bell; rascal ” ) ,German Bengel ( “ club ” ) ,bungen ( “ to throb, pulsate ” ) .
In the sense of a fringe of hair, frombang off
In the sense ofabrupt left turn , fromBoston left and associated risk of a crash.
bang (plural bangs
A suddenpercussive noise .Synonyms: boom report see also Thesaurus:bang When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loudbang .
1992 Blood on the Board , page39 :A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'.
Astrike upon an object causing such anoise . Anexplosion . ( US , archaic ) Synonym ofbangs :hair hanging over theforehead ,especially ahairstyle withsuch hair cut straight across.Tiffany has long hair andbangs .
1902 Barbara Baynton ,Squeaker's Mate ; reprinted in Carmel Bird, editor,The Penguin Century of Australian Stories ,2000 ,→ISBN She was not much to look at. Her red hair hung in an uncurledbang over her forehead
( chiefly US ) ! exclamation point .1980 Communicating through Letters and Reports , 7th edition, page651 :Incidentally, a useful abbreviation for "Exclamation point" is "Bang ."
( mathematics ) factorial , in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!( vulgar , slang ) sexual intercourse .An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano. ( slang , mining ) Load thebang into the hole.
( slang ) injection , ashot (of anarcotic drug).[from 20th c.] 1951 December 20,William S. Burroughs , “To Allen Ginsberg”, inOliver Harris , editor,The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959 , New York: Penguin, published1993 ,→ISBN page98 :Of course, I take abang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart.
1952 January 19,William S. Burroughs , “To Allen Ginsberg”, inOliver Harris , editor,The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959 , New York: Penguin, published1993 ,→ISBN page101 :As for myself, I take abang now and then—I know plenty of croakers—but I really couldn't keep up a habit without a lot of running around and bother.
( slang , US , Boston area) ( Ireland , colloquial , slang ) strong smell (of )There was abang of onions off his breath.
( slang ) thrill .1993 Hypocritic Days & Other Tales , page40 :"We all know you give great parties, Mr. Lippincott."bang , even a biggerbang than this," Mr. Lippincott said, indicating his drink and then finishing it.
2000 Make the Corpse Walk , page31 :Yes, he got abang out of cheating Rollo.
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Arabic:فَرْقَعَة f ( farqaʕa ) Bulgarian: тря́сък (bg) m ( trjásǎk ) Chinese: Mandarin: 轟 / 轰 (zh) ( hōng ) ,砰 (zh) ( pēng ) ,哐 (zh) ( kuāng ) Czech:rána (cs) f Danish: brag n , knald Dutch:knal (nl) m , klap (nl) Finnish:pamaus (fi) ,paukahdus (fi) ,paukaus (fi) French:coup (fr) m , détonation (fr) f German: Knall (de) m Greek: μπαμ (el) n ( bam ) Ancient: κτύπος m ( ktúpos ) Hawaiian: pohā Indonesian:dentuman (id) Ingrian:paukku Irish:pléasc f , plab m Italian: botto (it) m , fragore (it) m , schiocco (it) m Japanese: ズドン ( zudon ) ,ドスン ( dosun ) ,バン (ja) ( ban ) ,ドン (ja) ( don ) Korean:쾅 (ko) ( kwang ) Manx:bleayst f Maori: pakō ,pohū pahū Norwegian:Bokmål:smell (no) n or m Nynorsk: smell n or m Pitjantjatjara: piltalya(pa) Polish:huk (pl) m , trzask (pl) m , łoskot (pl) m Portuguese: estalo (pt) m , estrondo (pt) m Russian: уда́р (ru) m ( udár ) ,треск (ru) m ( tresk ) ,бах (ru) m ( bax ) ,баба́х (ru) m ( babáx ) Scots: blaff Spanish:estallido (es) m , estruendo (es) m , chupinazo m Swedish: smäll (sv)
a strike upon an object causing such a noise
hair hanging over the forehead
Translations to be checked
bang (third-person singular simple present bangs present participle banging simple past and past participle banged
( intransitive ) The fireworksbanged away all through the night.
Stopbanging on the door. I heard you the first time!
My head wasbanging after drinking all night at the concert.
( ambitransitive ) Hebanged the door shut.
David and Marybanged into each other.
c. 1603–1604 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene i] :The desperate tempest hath sobanged the Turks.
( slang , ambitransitive , vulgar ) sexual intercourse .Synonyms: nail do it have sex see also Thesaurus:copulate ,Thesaurus:copulate with We can hear the couplebanging upstairs.
( with "in" ) hammer or tohit anything hard.Hold the picture while Ibang in this nail.
( transitive ) ( transitive , slang , drugs) inject intravenously.Do you smoke meth? No, Ibang it.
( finance , transitive , dated ) 1821 The Bank - The Stock Exchange - The Bankers ... , page64 :This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt,i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointlybanged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day[ …]
1902 Truth , volume50 , page1138 :[ …] [ …]
( slang , transitive , obsolete ) excel orsurpass .( intransitive , stative , slang ) excellent ; to bebanging Synonyms: eat rule rock slap see also Thesaurus:excel This songbangs !
( Nigeria , slang ) fail , especially anexam ; toflunk .( New England , slang , intransitive ) turn in a vehicle; tohang a right ,left , oruey .Bang a right at the next stoplight.
( US , slang ) gangbang , to participate in street gang criminal activity.You know I stillbang .
to make sudden loud noises
Bulgarian:гърмя (bg) ( gǎrmja ) Danish:knalde brage Dutch:knallen (nl) Esperanto:knali Finnish:pamahdella (fi) ,paukkua (fi) ( repeatedly, intransitive ) ;paukuttaa (fi) ,räiskiä (fi) ( repeatedly, transitive ) ;pamahtaa (fi) ,paukahtaa (fi) ( once, intransitive ) ;pamauttaa (fi) ,paukauttaa (fi) ( once, transitive ) French:claquer (fr) ,cogner (fr) German:knallen (de) Greek:χτυπώ (el) ( chtypó ) Ingrian:paukkaa paukkia paukata Irish:pléasc plab Italian:scoppiare (it) ,battere (it) ,picchiare (it) ,martellare (it) Maori:pakō pohū pahū Pitjantjatjara:piltalytjunanyi Portuguese:estalar (pt) Swedish:smälla (sv)
slang: to engage in sexual intercourse
Armenian:դոմփել ( dompʻel ) Bulgarian:чукам (bg) ( čukam ) Chinese:Mandarin:幹 / 干 (zh) ( gàn ) Danish:knalde Finnish:panna (fi) French:baiser (fr) ,niquer (fr) ,tirer sa crampe (fr) German:bumsen (de) ,knallen (de) ,ficken (de) Greek:πηδάω (el) ( pidáo ) Ancient:σποδέω ( spodéō ) Indonesian:ngentot ( slang ) Italian:scopare (it) ,fottere (it) Japanese:やる (ja) ( yaru ) 寝る (ja) ( neru ) ,食う (ja) ( kuu ) ,犯す (ja) ( okasu ) Latin:battuō Ottoman Turkish:سیكمك ( sikmek ) ,دوزمك ( düzmek ) Portuguese:comer (pt) Russian:тра́хать (ru) ( tráxatʹ ) ,( intransitive ) тра́хаться (ru) ( tráxatʹsja ) Turkish:sikmek (tr) Vietnamese:chịch (vi) ,xoạc (vi) ,phang (vi)
to cut hair squarely across
bang (comparative morebang ,superlative mostbang )
Right , directly.The passenger door wasbang against the garage wall.
2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, inBBC Sport [1] After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili frombang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.
Precisely .He arrivedbang on time.
With a sudden impact.Distracted, he ranbang into the opening door.
bang
Asudden percussive sound , such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, “Bang !”
1898 H.G. Wells ,The War of the Worlds 84 :“Just like parade it had been a minute before then stumble,bang , swish! Wiped out!” he said.
1899 Joseph Conrad , “The Heart of Darkness ”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine [ … ] →OCLC page215 :Serve him right. Transgression—punishment—bang ! Pitiless, pitiless.
1956 Anthony Burgess ,Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published1972 , page17 :We help to kill the bloody bandits.Bang ,bang ,bang .
verbal percussive sound
Bashkir:шарт ( şart ) Basque:tanpa danba (eu) Bulgarian:па ( pa ) Chinese:Mandarin:砰 (zh) ( pēng ) Danish:bang (da) Finnish:pam (fi) French:pan (fr) Galician:pum German:peng (de) Greek:μπαμ (el) ( bam ) Italian:pam pum Japanese:ボーン ( bōn ) Korean:빵 (ko) ( ppang ) ,팡 (ko) ( pang ) Lithuanian:pyst Portuguese:bangue (pt) ,cabum (pt) Romanian:pac (ro) Russian:бац (ru) ( bac ) ,бах (ru) ( bax ) ,бух (ru) ( bux ) ,бум (ru) ( bum ) ,трах (ru) ( trax ) ,баба́х (ru) ( babáx ) ,бам (ru) ( bam ) Serbo-Croatian:бум bum (sh) Spanish:pum (es) Swedish:pang (sv) Thai:ปัง (th) ( bpang ) ,โป้ง (th) ( bpôong ) ,บึ้ม (th) ( bʉ̂m ) Turkish:pat (tr) Walloon:panf (wa)
( verb ) : banger bit banging gangbang bang about bang around bang away bang down the door bang on the door bang one's head against a brick wall bang out bang some heads together bang the door down gang-bang head bang bang like a shithouse door bang like a dunny door bang like a dunny door in a gale bang a uey bang for one's buck bang into ( noun ) : bang bang chicken bang path bang for the buck bang maid bang snap bang stick bang straw bang-straw bang tail bang-tail bang zone bang-up cove big bang Big Bang flash-bang gang bang go out with a bang interrobang sonic bang with a bang ( adverb ) : bang on bang out of order bang to rights bang up bang-up ( interjection ) : bang-bang slap bang slap-bang smack bang tap, rack, bang the whole bang shoot whiz-bang whizz-bang whizbang more derived terms (dump! Needs sorting)
bang (uncountable
Alternative form ofbhang ( “ cannabis ” ) Borrowed fromMalay bang Persian بانگ ( bâng ,“ voice ,sound ,noise ,cry ” ) , fromMiddle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 ( ʿʾng /vāng/ ) .
IPA (key ) : /baŋ/
bang
adhan (islamic call to prayer)FromDutch bang ( “ afraid ” ) , fromMiddle Dutch banghe
bang (attributive bange comparative banger superlative bangste
afraid FromEnglish bank
bang
Abank 2008 Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech [2] →ISBN 344 : FromEnglish bang
bang
accident Onomatopoeic .
bang
the sound of anexplosion or agun FromMiddle Dutch banghe be- anghe enge ( “ narrow, confined ” ) , compareangst ( “ fear ” ) . See alsoMiddle Low German bange Middle High German bange German bang West Frisian bang
bang (comparative banger superlative bangst
scared ,frightened Wees maar nietbang . Please don't beafraid . Ik benbang voor het donker! I amscared of the dark! fearful anxious The adjective is accompanied withzijn (to be); for example:Ik ben bang "I am afraid". Usage withhebben (to have) also occurs - for example:Ik heb bang - but is generally proscribed as a contamination withik heb angst . In Southern Dutch, the phraseschrik hebben is used as well besidesbang zijn . Ofonomatopoeic origin, possibly fromEnglish bang
bang m (plural bangen diminutive bangetje n )
a sharp, percussive sound, like the sound of an explosion or gun; bang bang
bang bang m (plural bangs
sonic boom bong (marijuana pipe)bange ( both are roughly equally common ) Originally an adverb, cf.mir ist bange . FromMiddle High German bange be- ange Old High German ango ( “ narrowly, anxiously ” ) , an adverb ofengi ( “ narrow ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *anguz
bang (strong nominative masculine singular banger comparative banger or bänger superlative am bangsten or am bängsten
scared ,frightened ,afraid ,fearful Synonym: ängstlich 1851 Heinrich Heine , “Lazarus”, inRomanzero [3] Und ist man tot, so muß man lang / Im Grabe liegen; ich binbang , / Ja, ich binbang , das Auferstehen / Wird nicht so schnell von Statten gehen. And when one is dead, one must lie long in the grave; I'mafraid / Yes, I'mafraid , the resurrection / Won't happen so quickly. 2001 Winfried Georg Sebald ,Austerlitz →ISBN 376 :[ …] bange Stimmung versetzte, nicht in Paris war, machte ich mich regelmäßig auf, die Randbezirke der Stadt zu erkunden[ …] when she, which always placed me into a state ofdread , wasn’t in Paris, I regularly set off to reconnoitre the outlying districts of the city [ …] 1919 Legenden und Geschichten [4] →ISBN Trübe Tage wechselten mitbangen Nächten. Das Leben war schwer. Dismal days turned intofearful nights. Life was difficult. “bang ” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bang ” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon Inherited fromOld Norse [Term?] .
bang n (genitive singular bangs no plural )
pounding ,hammering ,banging Clipping ofabang ( “ brother ” ) .
bang
Title or term of address forbrother Bang Erwin, mau ke mana?Brother Erwin, where are you going?Onomatopoeic
bang
a sudden percussive noise FromMalay bang Persian بانگ ( bâng ,“ voice ,sound ,noise ,cry ” ) , fromMiddle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 ( ʿʾng /vāng/ ) .[ 1]
bang (plural bang -bang
( obsolete ) adhan Synonym: azan ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018 ) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, inJournal of Cultural Relation (in Persian),pages117-144 (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
bang m (genitive singular banga nominative plural banganna
( swimming ) stroke , singleeffort Synonyms: béim buille oscar effort , (vigorous) movementFromOld Irish bang ( “ ban, interdict ” ) .
bang f (genitive singular bainge nominative plural banga
ban ,interdict ,taboo restraint bang m (genitive singular baing nominative plural baing
Alternative form ofbanc ( “ bank ” ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “bang ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 bang ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language “stroke ”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025 bang
Romanization ofꦧꦁ FromPersian بانگ ( “ voice ,sound ,noise ,cry ” ) .
bang (Jawi spelling بڠ plural bang -bang
adhan Synonym: azan Clipping ofabang ( “ brother ” ) .
bang (Jawi spelling بڠ plural bang -bang
( colloquial ) brother (older male sibling)Synonyms: abang (bung )kakak engko nana uda bang
Nonstandard spelling ofbāng Nonstandard spelling ofbǎng Nonstandard spelling ofbàng Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.Borrowed fromMalay bang Persian بانگ ( bâng ,“ voice ,sound ,noise ,cry ” ) , fromMiddle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 ( ʿʾng /vāng/ ) . CompareTausug bāng
bang
( Islam ) adhan ,call to prayer bang ?
a shout .Onomatopoeic or unknown origin.
bang n (genitive bangs plural bǫng
pounding ,hammering ,banging Zoëga, Geir T. (1910 ) “bang ”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press Internet Archive Pennsylvania German [ edit ] CompareGerman bang Dutch bang
bang
afraid ,scared ,fearful timid uneasy Onomatopoeic .
bang
bang FromMiddle Low German bange be- enge Old Saxon engi, angi ( “ narrow ” ) ). Related toEnglish angst anger
bang
scared ,anxious bang c
A sudden percussive noise ( Sinūgan Parianun ) IPA (key ) : /baŋ/ [ˈbaŋ] Rhymes:-aŋ Syllabification:bang bang (Sulat Sūg spelling بَڠْ
if Bang siya diꞌ magad lumanjal na kita.If he won’t go with us we’d better proceed.bang (Sulat Sūg spelling بَڠْ
when ;at (oras soon as ) that time that;if Bang siya mari patagara.When she comes let her wait (for me).FromProto-Tai *C̥.baːŋᴬ ( “ thin (not thick) ” ) . Cognate withLao ບາງ ( bāng ) ,Shan မၢင် ( mǎang ) orဝၢင် ( wǎang ) ,Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥒ ( maang ) ,Ahom 𑜈𑜂𑜫 ( baṅ ) ,Zhuang mbang Sui qbaangl Southern Kam mangl Thai บาง ( baang ) andProto-Be *viaŋᴬ¹ ( “ thin (not thick) ” ) (>ɓiaŋ¹~viaŋ¹ across the different lects).
bang
thin slửabang ―thin shirtsparse doòng ỏibang ―sparse clumps of sugar canerare rườn lụcbang ―a family withfew children weak mốcbang ―weak stomachashamed nảbang ―easilyashamed Lương Bèn (2011 )Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary [5] [6] bang
what Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. HaokipFromProto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ
bang
( Cuối Chăm ) muntjac Sino-Vietnamese word from邦
(classifier cái bang
( Vietnam ) state ( a political division of a federation ) Thành phố Oklahoma là thủ phủbang Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is the capital of the state of Oklahoma. bang Kê-ra-la trong nước Cộng hòa Ấn Độthe State of Kerala in the Republic of India Thụy Sĩ có 26bang . Switzerland has 26 cantons. ( state ) : tiểu bang ( chiefly overseas Vietnamese ) bang
( Central Vietnam , Southern Vietnam ) crash into; tocollide with; tohit Synonyms: bá tông Sino-Vietnamese word from幫
bang
( historical ) community ofoverseas Chinese inFrench Indochina who emigrated from the same province ofChina bang Phúc KiếntheFukien Chinese expatriates' society Short forbang tá ( “ assistant district chief ” ) .Short forbang biện ( “ assistant district chief ” ) .bang
wall Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 )A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page41 bang
arm Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)[7] 
