bang

1. 1.

   a vigorous blow

   “the sudden knock floored him”

   “he took a bash right in his face”

   “he got a bang on the head”

   Synonymsknockbashsmashbelt

   Broaderblow
2. 2.

   a sudden very loud noise

   Synonymsclaperuptionblastbam

   Broadernoise

   Narrowerwater hammer
3. 3.

   a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

   Synonymsfringe

   Broaderhairdo
4. 4.

   the swift release of a store of affective force

   “they got a great bang out of it”

   “what a boot!”

   “he got a quick rush from injecting heroin”

   “he does it for kicks”

   Synonymsbootchargerushflushthrillkick

   Broaderexhilaration
5. 5.

   a conspicuous success

   “that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career”

   “that new Broadway show is a real smasher”

   “the party went with a bang”

   Synonymshitsmashsmasherstrike

   Broadersuccess

   Narrowerblockbustersleeper

1. 1.

   directly

   “he ran bang into the pole”

   “ran slap into her”

   Synonymsslapslapdashsmackbolt

   colloquialism

Other forms of bang

plural

bangs·

past tense

banged·

present participle

banging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bang

What does bang mean?

bang means "strike violently". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bang?

bang has 1 syllable: bang. In IPA it is /ˈbæŋ/.

What is another word for bang?

Close synonyms include slam, slam, sleep together, roll in the hay, love. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bang a common word?

bang is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.