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1.nounA sudden percussive noise."When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang."
2.nounA strike upon an object causing such a noise.
3.nounAn explosion.
4.nounThe symbol !, known as an exclamation point."An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path."
5.nounA factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
6.nounAn act of sexual intercourse.
7.nounAn offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
8.nounAn explosive product."Load the bang into the hole."
9.nounAn injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
10.noun(Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
11.nounStrong smell (of)"There was a bang of onions off his breath."
12.nounA thrill.
13.verbTo make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something."My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert."
14.verbTo hit hard."David and Mary banged into each other."
15.verbTo engage in sexual intercourse."We can hear the couple banging upstairs."
16.verb(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard."Hold the picture while I bang in this nail."
17.verbTo cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
18.verbTo inject intravenously."Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it."
19.adverbRight, directly."The passenger door was bang against the garage wall."
20.adverbPrecisely."He arrived bang on time."
21.adverbWith a sudden impact."Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door."
22.interjectionA sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc."He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang!""
23.nounHair hanging over the forehead.
24.nounA hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
25.nounBrucellosis, a bacterial disease.