Definition: bang
bang
n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
[syn: knock, bash, smash, belt]
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: blowup, clap, eruption,
blast, loud noise]
3: a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the
forehead)
4: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for
kicks" [syn: boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill,
kick]
5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
marked the beginning of his career" [syn: hit, smash,
strike]
adv : (informal) directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap
into her" [syn: slap, slapdash, smack, bolt]
v 1: strike violently [syn: slam]
2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive
sound: "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest
my bed"
3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam]
4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged
around the house"
5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic);
"Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: love, make
out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know,
do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away,
have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie
with, bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk]
6: leap. jerk, bang (dialectal); "Bullets spanged into the
trees" [syn: spang]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bang \Bang\, v. i. To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.
Bang \Bang\, n.
1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. --Hudibras.
2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
Bang \Bang\, v. t.
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the
forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
His hair banged even with his eyebrows. --The Century
Mag.
Bang \Bang\, n.
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp.
when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly
worn.
His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. --W. D.
Howells.
Bang \Bang\, Bangue \Bangue\, n. See Bhang.
Bang \Bang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banged; p. pr. & vb. n. Banging.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw. b[*a]ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.] 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. --Shak. 2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)
bang 1. A common spoken name for "!" (ASCII 33), especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish. In elder days this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring excl or shriek; but the spread of Unix has carried "bang" with it (especially via the term bang path) and it is now certainly the most common spoken name for "!". Note that it is used exclusively for non-emphatic written "!"; one would not say "Congratulations bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak "Eff oh oh bang". See pling, shriek, ASCII. 2. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!" Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a thinko immediately after one has been called on it. [Jargon File] (1995-01-31)
Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
bang 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001), especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish. In elder days this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring excl or shriek; but the spread of Unix has carried `bang' with it (esp. via the term bang path) and it is now certainly the most common spoken name for `!'. Note that it is used exclusively for non-emphatic written `!'; one would not say "Congratulations bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one wanted to specify the exact characters `foo!' one would speak "Eff oh oh bang". See shriek, ASCII. 2. interj. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!" Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a thinko immediately after one has been called on it.
