bang
noun
[ baŋ ]
• a sudden loud, sharp noise.
• "the door slammed with a bang"
Similar:
sharp noise,
crack,
boom,
clang,
peal,
clap,
pop,
snap,
knock,
tap,
slam,
bump,
thud,
thump,
clunk,
clonk,
clash,
crash,
smash,
smack,
stamp,
stomp,
clump,
clomp,
report,
explosion,
detonation,
shot,
wham,
whump,
• a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead.
• "she brushed back her wispy bangs"
• an act or instance of having sex.
• the character ‘!’.
bang
verb
• strike or put down (something) forcefully and noisily.
• "he began to bang the table with his fist"
Similar:
hit,
strike,
beat,
thump,
hammer,
knock,
rap,
pound,
thud,
punch,
bump,
thwack,
smack,
crack,
slap,
slam,
welt,
cuff,
pummel,
buffet,
bash,
whack,
clobber,
clout,
clip,
wallop,
belt,
tan,
biff,
bop,
sock,
lam,
whomp,
slosh,
boff,
bust,
slug,
whale,
dong,
• have sex with (someone).
• cut (hair) in a fringe.
• (of music) have a loud, energetic beat that is good for dancing to.
• "the track bangs and is perfect for any house party"
bang
adverb
• exactly.
• "the train arrived bang on time"
Similar:
precisely,
exactly,
right,
directly,
immediately,
squarely,
just,
dead,
promptly,
prompt,
dead on,
on the stroke of …,
on the dot of …,
sharp,
on the dot,
spot on,
smack,
slap,
slap bang,
plumb,
on the button,
on the nose,
smack dab,
spang,
bang
exclamation
• used to convey the sound of a sudden loud noise.
• "party poppers went bang"
• used to convey the suddenness of an action.
• "the minute something becomes obsolete, bang, it's gone"
Similar:
suddenly,
abruptly,
immediately,
instantaneously,
instantly,
in an instant,
straight away,
all of a sudden,
at once,
all at once,
promptly,
in a trice,
swiftly,
unexpectedly,
without warning,
without notice,
on the spur of the moment,
straight off,
out of the blue,
in a flash,
like a shot,
before you can say knife,
Origin:
mid 16th century: imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse bang ‘hammering’.
bang
noun
• variant spelling of bhang.
bhang
noun
• the leaves and flower tops of cannabis, used as a narcotic.
Origin:
from Hindi bhāṅg .
