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bang ¹  (bng)

n.

1. A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion.

2. A sudden loud blow or bump.

3. Informal A sudden burst of action: The campaign started off with a bang.

4. Slang A sense of excitement; a thrill: We got a bang out of watching the old movies.

v. banged, bang·ing, bangs

v.tr.

1. To strike heavily and often repeatedly; bump.

2. To close suddenly and loudly; slam.

3. To handle noisily or violently: banged the pots in the kitchen.

4. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

v.intr.

1. To make a sudden loud, explosive noise.

2. To crash noisily against or into something: My elbow banged against the door.

adv.

1. Exactly; precisely: The arrow hit bang on the target.

2. Suddenly; abruptly: cut the conversation bang off.

Phrasal Verbs:

bang away

1. To speak or ask questions in a rapid, aggressive manner: reporters banging away at the official during the press conference.

2. To work diligently and often at length: banged away at the project until it was finished.

bang up

To damage extensively: banged up the car.

Idiom:

bang for the/one's buck

Value returned for investment or effort.

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[Probably from Old Norse bang, a hammering.]

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bang ²  (bng)

n.

A fringe of hair cut short and straight across the forehead. Often used in the plural.

tr.v. banged, bang·ing, bangs

To cut (hair) in bangs.

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[From bang.]

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bang ³  (bng)

n.

Variant of bhang.

Translations

? bang away

vi

(guns) → knallen; (persons: = keep firing) → wild (drauflos)feuern (→ at auf +acc), → wild (drauflos)ballern (inf) (→ at auf +acc); (workman etc) → herumklopfen or -hämmern (→ at an +dat); to bang away at the typewriter → auf der Schreibmaschine herumhauen or -hämmern (inf)

(inf: = work industriously) to bang away (at something) → sich hinter etw (acc) → klemmen (inf)

(sl: = have sexual intercourse) → vögeln (inf)