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)

Big Bang

1. The hypothetical explosion of a small dense mass which most scientists believe (the Big Bang theory) to have been the origin of the universe
2. The changes in the system and rules of the British Stock Exchange instituted on 27 October 1986, in effect deregulating many of its practices and abolishing the distinction between jobbers and brokers

go with a bang

To go well, be a success

gang¹ /gang/

noun

1. A band of delinquents or criminals
2. A number of people or animals (esp elk) associating together
3. A number of labourers working together
4. A set of children who habitually play together
5. A set of tools, etc used together

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To associate in a gang or gangs

transitive verb

1. To adjust in co-ordination
2. To arrange or connect (electric components) so that they can be operated by a single control
3. To attack as a gang (N Am inf)

ganger /gangˈər/ noun

The foreman of a gang of labourers

gangˈing noun

gangˈster noun

A member of a gang of delinquents or criminals

gangˈsterdom noun

gangˈsterism noun

gangˈ-bang noun (slang)

Successive sexual intercourse with one, usu unwilling, female by a group of males

transitive verb

To subject (a woman) to a gang-bang

gang-banger noun (US inf)

A member of a street gang (often shortened to banger)

gangˈbuster noun (US)

A special police agent working to combat criminal gangs, typically by means of strong, swift, effective operations (like gangbusters (US informal) with great speed, impact or effectiveness)

gangˈbusting noun

gangˈland or gangˈsterland noun

The domain of gangsters, the world of (esp organized) crime

gangˈmaster noun

A person who provides and organizes teams of casual labourers, esp in the agricultural industry

gang mill noun

A sawmill with gang saws

Gang of Four noun

1. A term applied to a group of four of Chairman Mao's leading advisers after their political downfall
2. (also without caps; sometimes facetious) any similar group in politics, etc

gang plug noun

An electrical adaptor with a row of sockets

gangˈ-punch transitive verb (computing)

To punch (the same information) in a number of cards, or to punch (a number of cards) with the same information

gang rape noun

A number of successive rapes committed by members of a group on one victim on one occasion

gangˈ-rape transitive verb

gang saw noun

A saw fitted in a frame with others

gangsˈman noun

The foreman of a gang

gangsterland see gangland above.

gang switches plural noun

A number of electrical switches connected so that they can be operated simultaneously

gang up on

To make a concerted attack on

gang up with

To join in the (dubious) activities of