bangs

1. 1
   nounPhilippinesUScountable

   Hair that hangs down over the front of your forehead.

   Like a short curtain of hair across the top of your face.

   She brushed her bangs out of her eyes before the photo.

   His bangs had grown so long they covered his eyebrows.

   Similarfringe

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2. 2
   nounUScountable

   A haircut where the front hair is cut straight across your forehead.

   Like a neat, straight line of hair drawn across your forehead.

   She got bangs for the first time and loved her new look.

   Short bangs were popular at our school last year.

   Similarfringe

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3. 3
   noun

   Plural of bang. Use this when you mean more than one loud noise or sharp hit.

   Three loud bangs woke the whole neighborhood at midnight.

   We heard several bangs coming from the old furnace.

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4. 4
   verb

   Third-person singular present tense of bang. Use it with he, she, or it.

   He bangs on the drum whenever he gets excited.

   The loose shutter bangs against the wall in the wind.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   Brucellosis, an illness that is caused by a kind of bacteria.

   The whole herd was tested for bangs before the cattle were sold.

   Vaccinating the calves against bangs is normal practice on the ranch.

   Similarbrucellosis

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