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Definition of Bang
Bang

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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.

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.

A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.

The sound produced by a sudden concussion.

To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

Alt. of Bangue

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Bang Quotations

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
T. S. Eliot

There's a difference... between the kind of woman you would bang and the kind of woman you would marry.
Tom Leykis

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"
George Will

It was like falling off a building and suddenly, bang, you hit the bottom. The first time it happened was on an ordinary day at home. I was taking down some curtains. I took one step, turned around, took another step and then I fell and hit my head hard on the rowing machine.
Jonah Lomu

Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.
Stephen Harper

Bang Translations

bang in Dutch is dichtslaan
bang in German is Knall, Knall, schlagen, knallen, Schlag
bang in Portuguese is estrondo

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