bang

Less common meanings

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    fringenounarchaicUS

    Hair that hangs down over the forehead, often cut straight across.

    his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang

    1880, William Dean Howells, The Undiscovered CountryHere, bang means hair cut straight across and hanging over the forehead.

    She was not much to look at. Her red hair hung in an uncurled bang over her forehead

    1902, Barbara Baynton, Squeaker's Mate; reprinted in Carmel Bird

    Similarbangs

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    with a crashadverb

    With a sudden, hard hit or crash.

    She ran bang into the glass door.

    The box fell bang onto the kitchen floor.

    UsageSay go bang into something.

    Similarsmack, slap

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    exclamation marknounUScountable

    A name for the mark (!), which most people call an exclamation point.

    Type a bang at the start of the line, then the command name.

    He typed a bang where the period should have been.

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    thrillnounslangcountable

    A feeling of fun and excitement that something gives you.

    I get a real bang out of riding the fast rides at the fair.

    Grandpa still gets a bang out of beating us at cards.

    UsageSay get a bang out of something.

    Similarkick, thrill, buzz, charge

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    cut straightverbtransitive

    To cut hair straight across so that it ends in a level line.

    Before the horse show, she banged her pony's tail straight across.

    Many riders bang their horses' tails to keep them neat.

    Similartrim, crop

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    drug shotnounslangcountable

    A shot of a drug given through a needle.

    He found a vein and injected another bang of heroin.

    He told the doctor his addiction started with one bang of heroin.

    Similarshot, fix, hit

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    inject drugsverbslangtransitive

    To put a drug straight into a vein with a needle.

    He started to bang heroin when the pills got too expensive.

    She banged the drug and felt it almost at once.

    UsageDoctors say inject.

    Similarinject, shoot, mainline

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    turn (car)verbdialectalNew Englandintransitive

    To make a quick, sharp turn while driving a car.

    At the next light, bang a left onto Main Street.

    We banged a right at the church and found the beach.

    UsageSay bang a left or bang a right.

    Similarturn, hang

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    be in a gangverbslangUSintransitive

    To take part in the crimes and life of a street gang.

    He started banging with the local gang when he was fourteen.

    His mother begged him not to bang with the local gang.

    UsageSay someone still bangs or stopped banging.

    Similargangbang

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    verbdatedtransitive

    To make prices in a market fall on purpose.

    Similardepress, hammer

    Oppositeboost

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    strong smellnounslangIrelandcountable

    A strong smell coming off someone or something.

    There was a bang of smoke off his coat.

    A bang of garlic hit me as soon as the door opened.

    UsageSay a bang of something off a person or thing: a bang of onions off him.

    Similarwhiff, stink, reek, stench, smell

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    fail (exam)verbslangNigeriatransitive

    To fail something, especially a test at school.

    I banged the math test even though I studied all weekend.

    If you bang the final, you'll have to take the class again.

    Similarflunk, fail, bomb

    Oppositepass, ace

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    verbobsoletetransitive

    To be better than someone or something else.
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    nounslangUS

    A quick, sharp left turn that a driver makes.
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    noun

    In math, the result of multiplying a whole number by every smaller number down to one, written with an exclamation mark.
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    noun

    A short, sharp sound played between the main beats in reggae music.