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Noun bang has 5 senses
- knock, bash, bang, smash, belt - a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
--1 is a kind of bump, blow
- bang, clap, eruption, blast, loud noise - a sudden very loud noise
--2 is a kind of noise
--2 has particulars: water hammer
- bang - a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead)
--3 is a kind of hairdo, hair style, coiffure
- bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick - 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"
--4 is a kind of exhilaration, excitement
- hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang - 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"
--5 is a kind of success
--5 has particulars: blockbuster, megahit, smash hit; sleeper
Verb bang has 6 senses
- slam, bang - strike violently; "slam the ball"
--1 is one way to hit
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- bang - to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
--2 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- slam, bang - close violently; "He slammed the door shut"
--3 is one way to close, shut
Sample sentence:
They want to bang the doors
- bang - move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
--4 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
--5 is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- spang, bang - leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"
--6 is one way to hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
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