bang (noun)
1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, smash, belt]
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: clap, eruption, blast, loud noise]
3: a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead)
4: 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" [syn: boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
5: 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" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike] adv : directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" [syn: slap, slapdash, smack, bolt]
bang
(verb)
1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam]
2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam]
4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: 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, get it on, bonk]
6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn: spang]