1. A sudden very loud noise
   "The car hit the wall with a loud bang";
   - clap, blast, bam [informal]
    
2. A vigorous blow
   "he got a bang on the head";
   - knock, bash [informal], smash, belt [informal], sock [informal]
    
3. A sudden pleasurable excitement
   "they got a great bang out of it";
   - charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick, buzz [informal]
    
4. [informal] A conspicuous success
   "the party went with a bang";
   - hit, smash, smasher [informal], strike, sizzler [informal]
    
5. [N. Amer] A border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
   "She trimmed her bangs to just above her eyebrows";
   - fringe
    
6. [vulgar] Slang for sexual intercourse
   - rumpy-pumpy [informal]
    
7. A preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
   "During the festival, some participants consumed bang as part of traditional practices";
   - bhang
    
8. [N. Amer] A punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
   "The excited child ended every sentence with a bang";
   - exclamation mark [Brit, Cdn], exclamation point [N. Amer]

1. Strike violently
   "bang the ball";
   - 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 banged the door shut";
   - slam
    
4. Move noisily
   "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
    
5. [vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
   "they banged in the back of the car";
   - sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it [informal], be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed [informal], get it on [informal]
    
6. Leap, jerk, bang
   "Bullets banged into the trees";
   - spang

1. Directly
   "he ran bang into the pole";
   - slap, smack [informal]

Derived forms: bangs, banging, banged

Type of: blow, bump, carnal knowledge, close, coif, coiffure, coition, coitus, collide with, copulate, copulation, couple, do [informal], excitement, exhilaration, go, hair style, hairdo [informal], hairstyle, hit, impact, impinge on, intercourse, locomote, mate, move, noise, pair, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], relation, run into, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, shut, soft drug, sound, strike, success, travel

Part of: Cannabis indica, Indian hemp

Encyclopedia: Bang, Marry, Kill