bang

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English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: băng; IPA^(key): /bæŋ(ɡ)/
Rhymes: -æŋ
Homophone: bhang

Etymology 1

From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”).

In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off.

In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.

Alternative forms

bangue (obsolete)

Noun

bang (plural bangs)

A sudden percussive noise.
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
An explosion.
(US, archaic) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
(chiefly US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
(mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
(vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
(slang, mining) An explosive product.
(slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug). [from 20th c.]
(slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
(Ireland, colloquial, slang) strong smell (of)
(slang) A thrill.

Synonyms

strike, blow
explosion
(the symbol !): exclamation point, exclamation mark, pling

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “abrupt left turn”): hang

Translations

Verb

bang (third-person singular simple present bangs, present participle banging, simple past and past participle banged)

(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
(transitive, intransitive) To hit hard.
(slang, transitive, intransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: nail, do it, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with
(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
(transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
(transitive, slang, drugs) To inject intravenously.
(finance, transitive, dated) To depress the prices in (a market).
(slang, transitive, obsolete) To excel or surpass.
(intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent; to be banging
Synonyms: eat, rule, rock, slap
(Nigeria, slang) To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.
(New England, slang, intransitive) To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.
(US, slang) Shortened form of gangbang, to participate in street gang criminal activity.

Conjugation

Translations

Adverb

bang (comparative more bang, superlative most bang)

Right, directly.
Precisely.
With a sudden impact.

Interjection

bang

A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

Translations

Derived terms

(verb): banger, bit banging, gangbang, bang about, bang around, bang away, bang down the door, bang on the door, bang one's head against a brick wall, bang out, bang some heads together, bang the door down, gang-bang, head bang, bang like a shithouse door, bang like a dunny door, bang like a dunny door in a gale, bang a uey, bang for one's buck, bang into
(noun): bang bang chicken, bang path, bang for the buck, bang maid, bang snap, bang stick, bang straw / bang-straw, bang tail / bang-tail, bang zone, bang-up cove, big bang / Big Bang, flash-bang, gang bang, go out with a bang, interrobang, sonic bang, with a bang
(adverb): bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-up
(interjection): bang-bang, slap bang / slap-bang, smack bang, the whole bang shoot, whiz-bang / whizz-bang / whizbang

Etymology 2

Noun

bang (uncountable)

Alternative form of bhang (“cannabis”)

Anagrams

BGAN

Acehnese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bang, from Persian (bâng, “voice, sound, noise, cry”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ʿʾng /⁠vāng⁠/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ/

Noun

bang

adhan (islamic call to prayer)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bang (“afraid”), from Middle Dutch banghe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ/

Adjective

bang (attributive bange, comparative banger, superlative bangste)

afraid

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English bank.

Noun

bang

A bank

Etymology 2

From English bang.

Noun

bang

accident

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bang

the sound of an explosion or a gun

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bang.

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑŋ/
Hyphenation: bang
Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch banghe, from be- + anghe. The latter word is an adverbial form of enge (“narrow, confined”), compare angst (“fear”). See also Middle Low German bange, Middle High German bange, German bang, West Frisian bang.

Adjective

bang (comparative banger, superlative bangst)

scared, frightened
fearful
anxious

Usage notes

The adjective is accompanied with zijn (to be); for example: Ik ben bang "I am afraid". Usage with hebben (to have) also occurs - for example: Ik heb bang - but is generally proscribed as a contamination with ik heb angst.
In Southern Dutch, the phrase schrik hebben is used as well besides bang zijn.

Declension

Synonyms

bevreesd, angstig, schrikachtig, vruchtig, verschrikt

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: bang
Berbice Creole Dutch: banggi
Jersey Dutch: bāng
Negerhollands: bang, baṅ

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin, possibly from English bang.

Noun

bang m (plural bangen, diminutive bangetje n)

a sharp, percussive sound, like the sound of an explosion or gun; bang

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑ̃ɡ/

Interjection

bang

bang

Noun

bang m (plural bangs)

sonic boom
bong (marijuana pipe)

German

Alternative forms

bange (both are roughly equally common)

Etymology

Originally an adverb, cf. mir ist bange. From Middle High German bange, an enlargement (with the prefix be-) of ange, Old High German ango (“narrowly, anxiously”), an adverb of engi (“narrow”), from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ/
Rhymes: -aŋ

Adjective

bang (strong nominative masculine singular banger, comparative banger or bänger, superlative am bangsten or am bängsten)

scared, frightened, afraid, fearful
Synonym: ängstlich

Declension

Derived terms

angst und bang

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pauŋk/
Rhymes: -aŋ
Rhymes: -auŋk
Rhymes: -aŋː

Noun

bang n (genitive singular bangs, no plural)

pounding, hammering, banging

Declension

Related terms

banga

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ/
Hyphenation: bang
Homophone: bank

Etymology 1

Clipping of abang (“brother”).

Noun

bang

Title or term of address for brother
Bang Erwin, mau ke mana? ― Brother Erwin, where are you going?

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

bang

A sudden percussive noise.

Etymology 3

From Malay bang, from Persian (bâng, “voice, sound, noise, cry”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ʿʾng /⁠vāng⁠/).

Noun

bang (first-person possessive bangku, second-person possessive bangmu, third-person possessive bangnya)

(obsolete) adhan
Synonym: azan

Derived terms

References

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bang m (genitive singular banga, nominative plural banganna)

(swimming) stroke, single effort
Synonyms: béim, buille, oscar
effort, (vigorous) movement

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bang (“ban, interdict”).

Noun

bang f (genitive singular bainge, nominative plural banga)

ban, interdict, taboo
restraint

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bang m (genitive singular baing, nominative plural baing)

Alternative form of banc (“bank”)

Declension

Mutation

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bang”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bang”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“stroke”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Javanese

Romanization

bang

Romanization of ꦧꦁ

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“to shine”). Cognates include S'gaw Karen ဘီ (baw, “yellow”) and Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “bright”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ/

Adjective

bang

bright

References

Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ/
Rhymes: -baŋ, -aŋ

Etymology 1

From Persian (“voice, sound, noise, cry”).

Noun

bang (Jawi spelling بڠ, plural bang-bang, informal 1st possessive bangku, 2nd possessive bangmu, 3rd possessive bangnya)

adhan
Synonym: azan

Descendants

Indonesian: bang
→ Acehnese: bang
→ Maranao: bang
→ Tausug: bāng

Etymology 2

Clipping of abang (“brother”).

Noun

bang (Jawi spelling بڠ, plural bang-bang, informal 1st possessive bangku, 2nd possessive bangmu, 3rd possessive bangnya)

(colloquial) brother (older male sibling)
Synonyms: abang (bung), kakak, engko, nana, uda

Mandarin

Romanization

bang

Nonstandard spelling of bāng.
Nonstandard spelling of bǎng.
Nonstandard spelling of bàng.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bang, from Persian (bâng, “voice, sound, noise, cry”), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ʿʾng /⁠vāng⁠/). Compare Tausug bāng.

Noun

bang

(Islam) adhan, call to prayer

References

A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑːŋɡ/
Rhymes: -ɑːŋɡ

Noun

bang ?

a shout.

Old Norse

Etymology

Onomatopoeic or unknown origin.

Noun

bang n (genitive bangs, plural bǫng)

pounding, hammering, banging

Related terms

banga

References

“bang”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German bang, Dutch bang.

Adjective

bang

afraid, scared, fearful
timid
uneasy

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bang

bang

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bange, formed from be- + enge (from Old Saxon engi, angi (“narrow”)). Related to English angst and anger.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bang

scared, anxious

Noun

bang c

A sudden percussive noise

Declension

Tausug

Pronunciation

(Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /baŋ/ [ˈbaŋ]
Rhymes: -aŋ
Syllabification: bang

Conjunction

bang (Sulat Sūg spelling بَڠْ)

Preposition

bang (Sulat Sūg spelling بَڠْ)

when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̥.baːŋᴬ (“thin (not thick)”). Cognate with Lao ບາງ (bāng), Shan မၢင် (mǎang) or ဝၢင် (wǎang), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥒ (maang), Ahom 𑜈𑜂𑜫 (baṅ), Zhuang mbang. Compare Sui qbaangl, Southern Kam mangl, Thai บาง (baang) and Proto-Be *viaŋᴬ¹ (“thin (not thick)”) (> ɓiaŋ¹~viaŋ¹ across the different lects).

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaːŋ˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaːŋ˦]

Adjective

bang

thin
slửa bang ― thin shirt
sparse
doòng ỏi bang ― sparse clumps of sugar cane
rare
rườn lục bang ― a family with few children
weak
mốc bang ― weak stomach
ashamed
nả bang ― easily ashamed

Derived terms

References

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Tedim Chin

Pronoun

bang

what

References

Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Tho

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-ɓaːŋ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baːŋ¹/

Noun

bang

(Cuối Chăm) muntjac

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 邦.

Noun

(classifier cái) bang

(Vietnam) state (a political division of a federation)

Synonyms

(state): tiểu bang (chiefly overseas Vietnamese)

Derived terms

Related terms

liên bang
tỉnh bang

Etymology 2

Verb

bang

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit
Synonyms: bá, tông

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 幫.

Noun

bang

(historical) community of overseas Chinese in French Indochina who emigrated from the same province of China
Short for bang tá (“assistant district chief”).
Short for bang biện (“assistant district chief”).

Derived terms

References

"bang" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Zou

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋ˧/

Noun

bang

wall

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41

bang

bang

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

Verb

Conjugation

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Adverb

Interjection

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Etymology 2

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Acehnese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Bislama

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

See also

Cebuano

Etymology

Noun

Quotations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Usage notes

Declension

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Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

French

Pronunciation

Interjection

Noun

Further reading

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Derived terms