bang

About 3.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sudden percussive noise.

   When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang.

2. noun A heavy strike upon an object causing such a noise.

   I gave the door a bang and it swung open.

3. noun An explosion.

   When he pushed the detonator, the bang blew him off his feet.

4. noun Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
5. noun The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.

   An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.

6. noun (Can we verify this sense?) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is written as n!
7. noun An act of sexual intercourse.
8. noun An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

Similar words

smash slam bash knock bonk hit slap smack kick blowup

Often followed by

and on theory of for the in bang to

Word family

banged banging bangs