bang

Adverb

• directly
  • he ran bang into the pole
    
  • ran slap into her
    

Noun

• 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
    

• 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
    

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

• a sudden very loud noise

• a vigorous blow
  • the sudden knock floored him
    
  • he took a bash right in his face
    
  • he got a bang on the head
    

Verb

• leap, jerk, bang
  • Bullets spanged into the trees
    

• have sexual intercourse with
  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
    
  • Adam knew Eve
    
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?
    

• move noisily
  • The window banged shut
    
  • The old man banged around the house
    

• close violently
  • He slammed the door shut
    

• to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
  • One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed
    

• strike violently
  • slam the ball
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  slap , slapdash , smack , bolt , hit , smash , smasher , strike , boot , charge , rush , flush , thrill , kick , fringe , clap , eruption , blast , bam , knock , bash , belt , spang , sleep together , roll in the hay , love , make out , make love , sleep with , get laid , have sex , know , do it , be intimate , have inter