bangverb
uk/bæŋ/us/bæŋ/bang verb (NOISE)
B2 [ I or T ] to (cause something to) make a sudden very loud noise or noises:
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- "Going... going... gone! " said the auctioneer, banging down the hammer.
- "Open up - it's the police!" shouted the police officer, banging on the door.
- Before I bang the nails in, would you say this picture was level?
- I could hear my brother banging his drums before I'd even got to his house.
- A door banged and footsteps ran along the corridor overhead.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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bang verb (HIT)
[ T ] to hit a part of the body against something by accident:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- bump
- cannon
- catch
- crash
- ding
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- sideswipe
- slam
- smash
- smash-up
- strike
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bang verb (SEX)
[ T ] offensive to have sex with someone
Phrasal verb(s)
bangnoun [ C ]
uk/bæŋ/us/bæŋ/bang noun [ C ] (NOISE)
B2 a sudden very loud noise:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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bang noun [ C ] (HIT)
an act of hitting someone or something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- bump
- cannon
- catch
- crash
- ding
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- sideswipe
- slam
- smash
- smash-up
- strike
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Idiom(s)
bangexclamation
uk/bæŋ/us/bæŋ/used to suggest the sound of a sudden loud noise, such as a gunshot or an explosion:
to make a sudden loud noise:
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Linguistics: sounds used as interjections
- aah
- achoo
- bam
- blah
- cor
- duh
- er
- hah
- huh
- humph
- oops
- ow
- phooey
- shush
- tsk
- tut
- uh
- uh-uh
- whoops
- yada yada yada
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Idiom(s)
bangadverb
uk/bæŋ/us/bæŋ/informalexactly or directly:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- aright
- authoritative
- be bang on idiom
- exact
- exactly
- flat
- in so many words idiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- letter-perfect
- literal
- sharp
- strictly speaking idiom
- technically
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly
- unerring
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