bang¹ /bang/

1. A heavy blow
2. A sudden loud noise
3. An explosion
4. A thrill, burst of activity, sudden success (figurative)
5. An act of sexual intercourse (slang)
6. An injection of a drug (slang)

1. To beat
2. To strike violently
3. To slam (eg a door)
4. To have sexual intercourse with (slang)
5. To beat or surpass

1. To make a loud noise
2. To slam
3. To inject a drug (slang)
4. To dash, bounce (dialect)

1. With a bang
2. Abruptly
3. Absolutely (as in bang up-to-date, bang in the middle)

Complete, total (used for emphasis, as in the whole bang lot)

bangˈer noun

1. Something that bangs
2. An explosive firework
3. A decrepit old car (informal)
4. A sausage (informal)

bangˈing adjective

1. Dealing blows
2. Overwhelming, very great (informal)
3. (also bangˈin’) great, very good (slang)

bangˈster noun (obs Scot)

1. A violent person
2. A braggart
3. A victor

bangˈ-up adjective (archaic sl)

In the height of excellence or fashion

bang goes (informal)

That's the end of

bang off (informal)

Immediately

bang on (informal)

1. Right on the mark
2. To speak at length, esp assertively and repetitiously

bang one's head against a brick wall

To waste one's time in unproductive effort

bang out

1. To produce in a hurry (eg a piece of writing)
2. Of printers, to mark someone's retirement or the end of someone's apprenticeship by banging tables, etc with mallets, etc

bang to rights

1. Orig, caught red-handed (criminal sl)
2. Certainly, absolutely, no doubt (informal)

bang up (slang)

1. To imprison, specif to shut up in a cell
2. To knock about, beat up (US)

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