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Noun: banger  bang-(g)u(r)
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Pork sausage
    "They served bangers and mash at the British pub";
    - snag [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  2. Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
    "Children lit bangers to celebrate the New Year";
    - firecracker, cracker
     
  3. A car that is old and unreliable
    "the fenders had fallen off that old banger";
    - bus [informal], jalopy [informal], heap [informal], flivver [N. Amer, informal], clunker [N. Amer, informal], beater [N. Amer, informal], hooptie [US, informal]

Derived forms: bangers

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, dysphemism, firework, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, pork sausage, pyrotechnic, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Banger