Direct Cross-Language Association: “bang” in German

This word also exists in German! Meaning: “scared, frightened, afraid, fearful”

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bang

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//ˈbæŋ//

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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections

Key Verb Forms & Inflections
Third-person singular (he/she/it):bangs
Present Participle (-ing):banging
Past Participle:banged
Simple Past:banged

Definitions & Usage

noun
#1

A sudden percussive noise.

Example: When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.
Translations:[DE]Knall
noun
#2

A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

Translations:[DE]Schlag[DE]Hieb
noun
#4

(US, archaic) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.

Example: Tiffany has long hair and bangs.
noun
#5

(chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.

Example: An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
Translations:[DE]Ausrufzeichen
noun
#6

(mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!

noun
#7

(vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

noun
#8

An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

noun
#9

(slang, mining) An explosive product.

Example: Load the bang into the hole.
noun
#10

(slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).

noun
#11

(slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.

noun
#12

(Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)

Example: There was a bang of onions off his breath.
verb
#14

(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

Example: The fireworks banged away all through the night.
Example: Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!
Translations:[DE]knallen
verb
#15

(ambitransitive) To hit hard.

Example: He banged the door shut.
Example: David and Mary banged into each other.
Translations:[DE]schlagen
verb
#16

(slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Example: We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
verb
#17

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

Example: Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
Translations:[DE]einschlagen
verb
#18

(transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

verb
#19

(transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.

Example: Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.
verb
#20

(finance, transitive, dated) To depress the prices in (a market).

verb
#21

(slang, transitive, obsolete) To excel or surpass.

verb
#22

(intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging

Example: This song bangs!
verb
#23

(Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.

verb
#24

(New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.

Example: Bang a right at the next stoplight.
verb
#25

(US, slang) To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.

Example: You know I still bang.
adverb
#26

Right, directly.

Example: The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
adverb
#27

Precisely.

Example: He arrived bang on time.
adverb
#28

With a sudden impact.

Example: Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
interjection
#29

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

Example: He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, “Bang!”
Translations:[DE]peng
noun
#30

Archaic spelling of bhang.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'.

1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 39:

his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang

1880, William Dean Howells, The Undiscovered Country:

She was not much to look at. Her red hair hung in an uncurled bang over her forehead

1902, Barbara Baynton, Squeaker's Mate; reprinted in Carmel Bird, editor, The Penguin Century of Australian Stories, 2000, →ISBN:

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