1 ~ (on) sth to hit sth in a way that makes a loud noise:
[VN] The baby was banging the table with his spoon. * [V] She banged on the door angrily.
2 to close sth or to be closed with a loud noise:
[VN] Don't bang the door when you go out! * [V] A window was banging somewhere (= opening and closing noisily). * [V-ADJ] The door banged shut behind her.
3 [VN+adv./prep.] to put sth somewhere suddenly and violently:
He banged the money down on the counter. * She banged saucepans around irritably.
4 [VN] to hit sth, especially a part of the body, against sth by accident:
She tripped and banged her knee on the desk.
5 [VN] (!!!, slang) (of a man) to have sex with a woman
IDIOMS see DRUMn., HEADn.
PHRASALVERBS
bang about / around to move around noisily:
We could hear the kids banging around upstairs.
bang into sth to crash into or hit sth by mistake:
I banged into a chair and hurt my leg.
bang on about sth (BrE, informal) to talk a lot about sth in a boring way:
He keeps banging on about his new job.
Part of speech: noun
1 a sudden loud noise:
The door swung shut with a bang. * Suddenly there was a loud bang and a puff of smoke.
seealsoBIGBANG
2 a sudden painful blow on a part of the body:
a bang on the head
3 (bangs) [pl.] (AmE) = FRINGE(1)
IDIOMS
with a bang (informal)
1 very successfully:
The party went with a bang.
2 in a way that everyone notices; with a powerful effect:
The team won their last four games, ending the season with a bang.
moreatEARTHn., SLAPadv.
adverb (informal, especially BrE) exactly; completely:
Our computers are bang up to date. * My estimate was bang on target. * You're bang on time, as usual
seealsoSLAPBANG
IDIOMS
bang goes sth (BrE, informal) used when you say that sth you hoped to have or achieve is no longer possible:
Bang went my hopes of promotion.
go bang (informal) to burst or explode with a loud noise; to make a sudden loud noise:
A balloon suddenly went bang.
IDIOMS see RIGHTn.
exclamation used to show the sound of sth loud, like a gun:
'Bang, bang, you're dead!' shouted the little boy.
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