Bang

Noun

 * 1) A sudden percussive noise.
 * 2) A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
 * 3) An explosion.
 * 4) 🇺🇸 (especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead. (British: fringe)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
 * 6)  A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
 * 7)  An act of sexual intercourse.
 * 8) plural: Brucellosis, a bacterial disease (a corruption of the alternate name "Bang's disease")
 * 9) An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
 * 10)  An explosive product, in mining
 * 11)  An abrupt left turn, in Boston slang; the opposite of this, an abrupt right turn, is a hang

Verb

 * 1) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something; to slam.
 * 2)  To engage in sexual intercourse.
 * 3)  To hammer or to hit anything hard.

Interjection
bang

Adverbs for Bang

 * (to slam) fitfully; resoundingly; loudly; emphatically; terrifically; crashingly; tremendously; explosively; thunderously; furiously.


 * 1) a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound

Synonyms

 * strike, blow
 * explosion
 * fringe
 * exclamation point, exclamation mark
 * nail

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/b{N/}}

Etymology
Probably derived from, or at least cognate with, and Icelandic banga "to pound, hammer,", cognate with Danish banke "to beat," Danish bengel: and German Bengel "club", bungen:  etc. perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, coinciding with Korean 방아 (banga) "pounding" or milling of grain.