bang
🇺🇸
/bæŋ/
🇬🇧
/bæŋ/
verb
R
to hit something hard and make a loud noise
The branch banged against the window in the storm.
R
to close something with a loud noise
The door banged shut when the wind blew.
R
to put something down hard and fast
He banged the book on the table angrily.
R
to hit a body part by accident
She banged her elbow on the door frame.
R
to have sex with someone
noun
R
a sudden loud noise
We heard a loud bang from the kitchen.
R
a sudden painful hit
He got a bad bang on his knee from the fall.
R
hair cut straight across the forehead
She brushed her bangs away from her eyes.
R
cannabis leaves and flowers used as a drug
R
the exclamation mark symbol (!)
adverb
R
exactly or completely
The answer was bang on target.
interjection
R
used to show the sound of something loud like a gun
Bang! The firework exploded in the sky.
translation
to hit something hard and make a loud noise; to close something with a loud noise; to put something down hard and fast; to hit a body part by accident; to have sex with someone
a sudden loud noise; a sudden painful hit; hair cut straight across the forehead; cannabis leaves and flowers used as a drug; the exclamation mark symbol (!)
exactly or completely
used to show the sound of something loud like a gun
Word Forms
3rd Present
bangs
Past
banged
Perfect
banged
Progressive
banging
Plural
bangs