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banger

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bang·er  (bngr)
n. Chiefly British
1. A sausage.
2. A noisy old car.
3. A firework that explodes with a sudden loud noise.

banger
Noun
1. Brit & Austral informal an old decrepit car
2. Slang a sausage
3. a firework that explodes loudly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.banger - (British informal) pork sausage
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
pork sausage - sausage containing pork
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
2.bangerbanger - firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
cannon cracker - a large firecracker
cherry bomb - a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power
firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
whizbang, whizzbang - a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion
Translations
banger [ˈbæŋəʳ] n (BRIT) (car) (also: old banger) → armatoste m; cacharro;
(BRIT) (col) (sausage) → salchicha;
(firework) → petardo
banger [ˈbæŋəʳ] n (Brit) (= car) (also: old banger) → (vieux) tacot;
(Brit) (inf) (= sausage); saucisse f (= firework); pétard m
banger [ˈbæŋəʳ] (Brit) (inf) n (car) (also: old banger) → Klapperkiste f;
(sausage) → Würstchen nt;
(firework) → Knallkörper m
banger [ˈbæŋəʳ] n (BRIT) (car) (also: old banger) → macinino;
(BRIT ) (col) (= sausage); salsiccia;
(firework) → mortaretto


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