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Pronunciation : Bang
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw.b?ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.]
Definition : 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.

2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

t. [imp. & p. p. Banged; p. pr. & vb. n. Banging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bang
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bang
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hudibras.

2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bang
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). His hair banged even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bang
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bang, Bangue
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: See Bhang.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913