Definition of "bang" in Anglais

noun

1. A sudden percussive noise.

   • When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.

2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

3. An explosion.

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

   • Tiffany has long hair and bangs.

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

   • An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.

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

7. (vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

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

9. (slang, mining) An explosive product.

   • Load the bang into the hole.

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

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

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

    • There was a bang of onions off his breath.

13. (slang) A thrill.

verb

1. (intransitive) 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!
   • My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert.

2. (ambitransitive) To hit hard.

   • He banged the door shut.
   • David and Mary banged into each other.

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

   • We can hear the couple banging upstairs.

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

   • Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.

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

6. (transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.

   • Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.

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

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

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