(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a sudden loud noise such as the noise of an explosion.
I heard four or five loud ~s...
She slammed the door with a ~...
N-COUNT; SOUND
2.
If something ~s, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
The engine spat and ~ed.
VERB: V
3.
If you ~ a door or if it ~s, it closes suddenly with a loud noise.
...the sound of doors ~ing...
All up and down the street the windows ~ shut...
The wind ~ed a door somewhere.
= slam
VERB: V, V adj, V n
4.
If you ~ on something or if you ~ it, you hit it hard, making a loud noise.
We could ~ on the desks and shout till they let us out...
There is no point in shouting or ~ing the table.
VERB: V on n, V n
5.
If you ~ something on something or if you ~ it down, you quickly and violently put it on a surface, because you are angry.
She ~ed his dinner on the table...
He ~ed down the telephone.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv
6.
If you ~ a part of your body, you accidentally knock it against something and hurt yourself.
She’d fainted and ~ed her head...
He hurried into the hall, ~ing his shin against a chair in the darkness.
VERB: V n, V n against/on n
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Bang is also a noun.
...a nasty ~ on the head.
N-COUNT
7.
If you ~ into something or someone, you bump or knock them hard, usually because you are not looking where you are going.
Various men kept ~ing into me in the narrow corridor.
= bump
VERB: V into n
8.
Bangs are hair which is cut so that it hangs over your forehead. (AM; in BRIT, use fringe )
N-PLURAL
9.
You can use ~ to emphasize expressions that indicate an exact position or an exact time.
...~ in the middle of the track...
For once you leave ~ on time for work.
= right
ADV: ADV prep emphasis
10.
see also big ~ theory
11.
If you say ~ goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved.
There will be more work to do, not less. Bang goes the fantasy of retirement at 35.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
12.
If something begins or ends with a ~, it begins or ends with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, or success.
Her career began with a ~ in 1986.
PHRASE: PHR after v
13.
to ~ your head against a brick wall: see brick