bang

Meanings

A sudden percussive noise.
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
An explosion.
Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
An act of sexual intercourse.
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
An explosive product.
An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
An abrupt left turn.
strong smell (of)
A thrill.
Alternative of bhang

To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
To hit hard.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
To hammer or to hit anything hard.
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
To inject intravenously.
To depress the prices in (a market).

A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian, bangan or Old Norse banga ("to pound, hammer"); both from Proto-Germanic *bang- ("to beat"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- ("to beat, hit, injure"). Cognate with Icelandic banga ("to pound, hammer"), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"), Danish banke ("to beat"), bengel, Low German bangen, bangeln, West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel ("bell; rascal"), German Bengel ("club"), bungen.
In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off.

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