bang

adv

Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.

1. Right, directly.

   “The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.”

   “After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.”

2. Precisely.

   “He arrived bang on time.”

3. With a sudden impact.

   “Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.”

intj

Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.

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

   “He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, “Bang!””

   “Bang! Away he goes with a mighty bound. Leo has missed him. Bang! right under him again. Now for a shot. I must have one, though he is going like an arrow, and a hundred yards away and more.”

noun

1. Archaic spelling of bhang.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.

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

   “The fireworks banged away all through the night.”

   “Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!”

2. To hit hard.

   “He banged the door shut.”

   “David and Mary banged into each other.”

3. To engage in sexual intercourse.

   “We can hear the couple banging upstairs.”

   “It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.”

4. To hammer or to hit anything hard.

   “Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.”

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

   “His hair banged even with his eyebrows.”

6. To inject intravenously.

   “Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.”

7. To depress the prices in (a market).

   “This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day […]”

   “[…] the London "Bears" have promptly banged the market again […]”

8. To excel or surpass.
9. To be excellent; to be banging

   “This song bangs!”

10. To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
11. To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.

    “Bang a right at the next stoplight.”

12. To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.

    “You know I still bang.”