From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
bang
n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
[syn: knock, bash, smash, belt]
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: clap, eruption, blast,
loud noise]
3: a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the
forehead)
4: 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" [syn:
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
5: 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"
[syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike]
adv : directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
[syn: slap, slapdash, smack, bolt]
v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam]
2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive
sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest
my bed"
3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam]
4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged
around the house"
5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: roll in the hay, love,
make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, {have
sex}, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse,
have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz,
eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, {get
it on}, bonk]
6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn:
spang]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bang \Bang\, v. t.
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or the
forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
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His hair banged even with his eyebrows. --The Century
Mag.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bang \Bang\, n.
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp.
when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly
worn; -- usually used in the plural; as, her bangs came down
almost to her eyes.
[1913 Webster]
His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. --W. D.
Howells.
[1913 Webster] Bang
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bang \Bang\, v. i.
1. 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.
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2. To have sexual intercourse; to fuck. Considered vulgar and
obscene. [vulgar slang]
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bang \Bang\, n.
1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
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Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. --Hudibras.
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2. The loud sound produced by a sudden concussion or
explosion.
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3. A surge of pleasure; a thrill; -- usually used in the
phrase get a bang out of; as, I always get a bang out of
watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump. [informal]
Syn: kick[5].
[PJC]
4. (Printing & Computers) An exclamation point; -- used in
verbal descriptions of text, in printing and in computer
technology; as, his email address is tom bang stanford dot
edu (i.e. tom!stanford.edu). [slang]
[PJC]
5. An instance of sexual intercourse; a fuck. Considered
vulgar and obscene. [vulgar slang]
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bang \Bang\ (b[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Banging.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke
to beat, Sw. b[*a]ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club,
clapper of a bell.]
1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence;
to handle roughly.
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The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
--Shak.
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2. 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.
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3. To have sexual intercourse with; to fuck; -- usually used
with the male as a subject. Considered vulgar or obscene.
[vulgar slang]
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bang \Bang\, Bangue \Bangue\, n.
See Bhang.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
bang
1. A common spoken name for "!" (ASCII 33), especially when
used in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish. In
elder days this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT
and Stanford hackers preferring excl or shriek; but the
spread of Unix has carried "bang" with it (especially via
the term bang path) and it is now certainly the most common
spoken name for "!". Note that it is used exclusively for
non-emphatic written "!"; one would not say "Congratulations
bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one
wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak
"Eff oh oh bang".
See pling, shriek, ASCII.
2. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved
enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!"
Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a thinko
immediately after one has been called on it.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)
From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:
bang
1. n. Common spoken name for ! (ASCII 0100001), especially when used
in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish. In elder days this
was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers
preferring excl or shriek; but the spread of Unix has carried
`bang' with it (esp. via the term bang path) and it is now
certainly the most common spoken name for !. Note that it is used
exclusively for non-emphatic written !; one would not say
"Congratulations bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but
if one wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak
"Eff oh oh bang". See shriek, ASCII.
2. interj. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved
enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!" Often
used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a thinko immediately
after one has been called on it.