bang

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   directly on target

   The child wasn't looking and ran bang into the pole.

2. 2
   noun

   the swift release of a store of affective force

   they got a great bang out of it

3. 3
   verb

   to strike violently

   I banged the drum.

4. 4
   verb

   to close violently

   I banged the door and marched into my room.

5. 5
   verb

   to have sexual intercourse with

   I wanted to bang them after dinner.

6. 6
   verb

   to move noisily

   The window banged shut.

7. 7
   verb

   to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound

   One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed

8. 8
   noun

   A sudden percussive noise.

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

Etymology

From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bung…