bang
/ˈbæŋ/ verb B1- To make sudden loud noises, often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something. · The fireworks banged away all through the night.· The door banged in the wind.
- To hit (something) hard, making a loud noise. · She banged the table with her fist.· He banged the drum in sync with the band.
- To cause or suffer (one thing) to hit (another). · The blacksmith banged the hammer on the anvil.· I banged my head on the ceiling.
- To hit (on, against, etc. something). · Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!· My knee banged against the rung of the ladder.
- To engage in sexual intercourse. · We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
- To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
- To inject intravenously. · Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.
- To depress the prices in (a market).
Plural bang · He/she/it bangs · Past banged · Past participle banged · -ing form banging
Verb forms
- Base form
- bang
- He/she/it
- bangs
- Past
- banged
- Past participle
- banged
- -ing form
- banging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- bang about To make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
- bang around To make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
- bang away to strike or hit repeatedly
- bang into To accidentally collide with (something).
- bang off To fire (a weapon or a shot); to ejaculate.
- bang out To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofession...
- bang up To damage.
From the library
Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog--to and fro on the floor, up and down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.
As he held he closed his jaws tighter and tighter, for he made sure he would be banged to death, and, for the honor of his family, he preferred to be found with his teeth locked.
The big man brought the bang-stick, and Nag fell in two pieces!
The silver heart left the office, swinging and banging itself independently against the office furniture as it indignantly departed.
Other matches
- bang A sudden percussive noise. B1
- bang A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the ... C2
- bang Right, directly. C2
- bang about To make a lot of percussive noise while moving ...
- bang around To make a lot of percussive noise while moving ...
- bang away to strike or hit repeatedly
- bang into To accidentally collide with
- bang off To fire
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