Dictionary Entry
bang
bang is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3intransitive verb
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.
- 4noun
A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
- 5noun
The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
- 6transitive verb
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
- 7noun
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.
- 8noun
Alt. of Bangue
- 9noun
a conspicuous success
"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
"that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
- 10noun
a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
Synonyms
- 11noun
a sudden very loud noise
- 12noun
a vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"
"he took a bash right in his face"
- 13noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
"they got a great bang out of it"
"what a boot!"
- 14verb
leap, jerk, bang
"Bullets spanged into the trees"
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- 15verb
strike violently
"slam the ball"
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- 16verb
close violently
"He slammed the door shut"
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- 17verb
have sexual intercourse with
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"
"Adam knew Eve"
- 18verb
move noisily
"The window banged shut"
"The old man banged around the house"
- 19verb
to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
"One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
- 20adverb
directly
"he ran bang into the pole"
"ran slap into her"
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