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Webster 1913 Edition
Bang
Bang
(băng)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Banged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Banging
.] [Icel.
banga
to hammer; akin to Dan. banke
to beat, Sw. bångas
to be impetuous, G. bengel
club, clapper of a bell.] 1.
To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.
The desperate tempest hath so
banged
the Turks. Shakespeare
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 itBang
,Verb.
I.
1.
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 pianoBang
,Noun.
1.
A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
Many a stiff thwack, many a
bang
. Hudibras.
2.
The loud sound produced by a sudden concussion or explosion.
Bang
,Verb.
T.
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).
His hair
banged
even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.
Bang
,Noun.
The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn; – usually used in the plural;
as, her
. bangs
came down almost to her eyesHis hair cut in front like a young lady’s
bang
. W. D. Howells.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bang
BANG
,Verb.
T.
1.
To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to thump; to cudgel. [A low word.]2.
To beat or handle roughly; to treat with violence.BANG
,Noun.