# bangs

Pronunciation: say "BANGZ" US /bæŋz/, UK /bæŋ(ɡ)z/

## Noun

1. The front locks of hair that hang down over the forehead. *(Philippines, US)*
   - Simple: Hair that hangs down over the front of your forehead.
   - _The stylist trimmed her bangs so they sat just above her brows._
   - _He kept pushing his bangs aside because they tickled his forehead._
2. A hairstyle that includes hair over the forehead, especially hair cut straight across. *(US)*
   - Simple: A haircut where the front hair is cut straight across your forehead.
   - _After years of long hair, she finally decided to get bangs._
   - _Blunt bangs reaching just above the eyebrows defined the look of that era._
3. Plural of bang. — plural of bang
   - Simple: Plural of bang. Use this when you mean more than one loud noise or sharp hit.
   - _The fireworks display ended with a series of deafening bangs._
   - _A few sharp bangs on the door startled everyone in the room._
5. Brucellosis, an infectious disease caused by bacteria.
   - Simple: Brucellosis, an illness that is caused by a kind of bacteria.
   - _Ranchers in the valley spent years working to eradicate bangs from their herds._
   - _A positive test for bangs once meant the entire herd faced quarantine._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of bang. — third-person singular simple present indicative of bang
   - Simple: Third-person singular present tense of bang. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _She bangs the gavel to bring the meeting to order._
   - _The screen door bangs shut every time someone walks through._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–4** — From "bang" (to cut hair or dock an animal's tail), probably from the sudden way docked hair appears to burst out explosively when cut, i.e. "with a bang." This ultimately goes back to "bang" meaning to strike noisily or explode.
**Meaning 5** — Shortened from "Bang's disease."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bangs (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).