Bang

/bæŋ(ɡ)/

Other words from bang's letters

noun

  1. A sudden percussive noise.
  2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  3. An explosion.
  4. The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
  5. A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
  6. An act of sexual intercourse.
  7. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
  8. An explosive product.
  9. An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
  10. (Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
  11. Strong smell (of)
  12. A thrill.

Synonyms: exclamation mark, exclamation point, blow, strike, explosion

verb

  1. To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
  2. To hit hard.
  3. To engage in sexual intercourse.
  4. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  5. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
  6. To inject intravenously.

Synonyms: do it, have sex, nail

adverb

  1. Right, directly.
  2. Precisely.
  3. With a sudden impact.

interjection

  1. A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

noun

  1. Hair hanging over the forehead.
  2. A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

Synonyms: bang, forelocks, fringe, bang, fringe

noun

  1. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

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