bang  

  • Pronunciation Video of bang

  • Pronunciation of bang: B AE1 NG (bæŋ)

  • Number of syllables of bang: 1

  • Definition of bang

    • (n): 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"  
    • (n): a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead)  
    • (n): a sudden very loud noise  
    • (n): a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"  
    • (n): 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"  
    • (v): leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"  
    • (v): strike violently; "slam the ball"  
    • (v): close violently; "He slammed the door shut"  
    • (v): have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"  
    • (v): move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"  
    • (v): to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"  
    • (r): directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"  
  • Examples of bang

    • Bang remained pretty inebriate for many years, actually.  
    • The big bang theory is a cosmogony.  
    • The expanding universe is the result of the big bang.  
    • The instant of the collision is the big bang.  
    • The big bang has a flaw in it's inflationary process.  
    • The bang on the door grew harder.  
    • The big bang people use the term to denigrate opposing views.  
    • The Apocalypse didn't come with a bang, but with a whimper.  
    • The research supported the new theory of Big Bang.  
    • The two men bang on the door angrily.  

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