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she·bang  (sh-bng)

n. Slang

A situation, organization, contrivance, or set of facts or things: organized and ran the whole shebang.

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shebang [ʃɪˈbæŋ]

n Slang

1. a situation, matter, or affair (esp in the phrase the whole shebang)

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a hut or shack

[of uncertain origin]

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shebang - May come from an Irish name for a speakeasy—shebeen—so the "whole shebeen" was the whole drinking establishment; shebang also first meant "hut, shed, dwelling."

See also related terms for shed.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shebang - an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

Translations

shebang [ʃəˈbæŋ] N the whole shebang (= the whole thing) → todo el tinglado

shebang

n (inf) the whole shebang → die ganze Chose (inf), → der ganze Kram (inf)