Bang

10 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bang \Bang\, v. t.
     To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or the
     forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
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           His hair banged even with his eyebrows.  --The Century


                                                    Mag.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bang \Bang\, n.
     The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp.
     when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly
     worn; -- usually used in the plural; as, her bangs came down
     almost to her eyes.
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           His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. --W. D.
                                                    Howells.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bang \Bang\, v. i.
     1. To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of
        blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was
        banging on the piano.
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     2. To have sexual intercourse; to fuck. Considered vulgar and
        obscene. [vulgar slang]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bang \Bang\, n.
     1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
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              Many a stiff thwack, many a bang.     --Hudibras.
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     2. The loud sound produced by a sudden concussion or
        explosion.
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     3. A surge of pleasure; a thrill; -- usually used in the
        phrase get a bang out of; as, I always get a bang out of
        watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump. [informal]
  
     Syn: kick[5].
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     4. (Printing & Computers) An exclamation point; -- used in
        verbal descriptions of text, in printing and in computer
        technology; as, his email address is tom bang stanford dot
        edu (i.e. tom!stanford.edu). [slang]
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     5. An instance of sexual intercourse; a fuck. Considered
        vulgar and obscene. [vulgar slang]
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bang \Bang\ (b[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Banging}.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke
     to beat, Sw. b[*a]ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club,
     clapper of a bell.]
     1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence;
        to handle roughly.
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              The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To beat or thump, or to cause (something) to hit or strike
        against another object, in such a way as to make a loud
        noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door
        (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
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     3. To have sexual intercourse with; to fuck; -- usually used
        with the male as a subject. Considered vulgar or obscene.
        [vulgar slang]
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bang \Bang\, Bangue \Bangue\, n.
     See {Bhang}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bang
       n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
            bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
            [syn: {knock}, {bash}, {smash}, {belt}]
       2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: {clap}, {eruption}, {blast},
          {loud noise}]
       3: a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the
          forehead)
       4: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
          great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick
          rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn:
          {boot}, {charge}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}]
       5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
          marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway
          show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
          [syn: {hit}, {smash}, {smasher}, {strike}]
       adv : directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
             [syn: {slap}, {slapdash}, {smack}, {bolt}]
       v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: {slam}]
       2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive
          sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest
          my bed"
       3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: {slam}]
       4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged
          around the house"
       5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
          everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
          intimate with this man?" [syn: {roll in the hay}, {love},
          {make out}, {make love}, {sleep with}, {get laid}, {have
          sex}, {know}, {do it}, {be intimate}, {have intercourse},
          {have it away}, {have it off}, {screw}, {fuck}, {jazz}, {eff},
           {hump}, {lie with}, {bed}, {have a go at it}, {get it on},
           {bonk}]
       6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn: {spang}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  313 Moby Thesaurus words for "bang":
     abruptly, accurately, aggressiveness, antitoxin, backfire, bag,
     bang into, bangs, bar, bark, barricade, bash, baste, bat, batten,
     batten down, batter, beat, beating, belt, best, better, biff,
     blast, blow, blowout, blowup, bolt, bonk, boom, booster,
     booster dose, booster shot, boot, buffet, bump, bump into, burst,
     bust, button, button up, cannon, carom, carom into, charge, choke,
     choke off, chop, clap, clash, clip, clobber, close, close up,
     clout, clump, coldcock, collide, come into collision, concuss,
     confront each other, constrict, contain, contract, cover, crack,
     crack up, crash, crash into, crump, crunch, cut, dash, dash into,
     deal, deal a blow, deck, detonate, detonation, dig, ding, dint,
     discharge, dose, draft, drive, dropping, drub, drubbing,
     drug packet, drumming, encounter, enterprise, exactly, exceed,
     explode, explosion, fall foul of, fasten, fetch, fetch a blow,
     fetlock, fire, fix, flail, flap, flare, flash, fleck, flock, flop,
     flush, fold, fold up, forelock, foul, fringe, fulguration,
     fulminate, fulmination, fusillade, get-up-and-go, getup, ginger,
     go, go off, gunshot, hammer, hastily, hit, hit a clip, hit against,
     howl, hurt, hurtle, hypodermic, hypodermic injection, impetuously,
     impinge, impulsively, initiative, injection, inoculation, jab,
     jet injection, jollies, key, kick, knock, knock against,
     knock cold, knock down, knock out, lambaste, larrup, latch,
     let have it, lick, lift, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, lock,
     lock out, lock up, mainlining, maul, meet, narcotic injection,
     narcotic shot, noise, occlude, of a sudden, on short notice, outdo,
     outgo, outshine, outstrip, overdose, padlock, paste, patter, pelt,
     pep, pepper, percuss, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, plop, plumb,
     plump, plunk, poke, pommel, poop, pop, popping, portion, potion,
     pound, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely,
     pulverize, pummel, punch, push, quiff, quiver, rap, report, right,
     roar, roll, rumble, run into, rush, rush of emotion, salvo, seal,
     seal off, seal up, secure, sensation, sharp, shiver, shooting up,
     shot, shudder, shut, shut the door, shut up, sideswipe,
     skin-popping, slam, slam into, slap, slat, sledgehammer, slog,
     slug, smack, smack into, smack-dab, smash, smash into, smash up,
     smite, snap, soak, sock, sound, spang, spank, splat, spunk, square,
     squarely, squeeze shut, starch, startlingly, strangle, strike,
     strike against, strike at, stroke, successful, sudden, suddenly,
     surge of emotion, surprisingly, swap, swat, swing, swipe, tap,
     tattoo, thrash, thresh, thrill, thrust, thump, thunder, thwack,
     tingle, tingling, titillation, tremor, tremor of excitement, tuft,
     unawares, unexpectedly, vaccination, vaccine, verve, vim, vitality,
     volley, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whip, whomp, whop,
     without notice, without warning, wow, yerk, zing, zip, zip up,
     zipper
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  bang 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001), especially when
     used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish. In {elder days}
     this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers
     preferring {excl} or {shriek}; but the spread of Unix has carried `bang'
     with it (esp. via the term {bang path}) and it is now certainly the most
     common spoken name for `!'. Note that it is used exclusively for
     non-emphatic written `!'; one would not say "Congratulations bang"
     (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one wanted to specify
     the exact characters `foo!' one would speak "Eff oh oh bang". See
     {shriek}, {{ASCII}}. 2. interj. An exclamation signifying roughly "I
     have achieved enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my
     brain!" Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a {thinko}
     immediately after one has been called on it.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  bang
       
          1. A common spoken name for "!" (ASCII 33), especially when
          used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish.  In
          {elder days} this was considered a {CMU}ish usage, with {MIT}
          and {Stanford} hackers preferring {excl} or {shriek}; but the
          spread of {Unix} has carried "bang" with it (especially via
          the term {bang path}) and it is now certainly the most common
          spoken name for "!".  Note that it is used exclusively for
          non-emphatic written "!"; one would not say "Congratulations
          bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one
          wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak
          "Eff oh oh bang".
       
          See {pling}, {shriek}, {ASCII}.
       
          2. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved
          enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!"
          Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a {thinko}
          immediately after one has been called on it.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-01-31)