bang
/ˈbæŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.32 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.
American usage; Archaic
noun
A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is written as n!
Example Sentences
- "When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang."
- "A fiendish yell then followed / Ev'ry salvo's 'bang' and 'bloop'."
- "I gave the door a bang and it swung open."
- "That bang on his head has sent him funny."
- "When he pushed the detonator, the bang blew him off his feet."
- "his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang"
Etymology
From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”). In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off. In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbæŋ/
- British English: /ˈbæŋ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
bangs (plural)
bangue (alternative, obsolete)
bangs (present, singular)
banging (participle, present)
banged (participle, past)
banged (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
banged (first person, past)
bangest (archaic, present)
banged (past, second person)
bangedst (archaic, past)