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Meaning of bang

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bang
      adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into
             her" [syn: {bang}, {slap}, {slapdash}, {smack}, {bolt}]
      n 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}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
      2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: {bang}, {clap}, {eruption},
         {blast}, {bam}]
      3: a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the
         forehead [syn: {bang}, {fringe}]
      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: {bang},
         {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}, {bang}]
      v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: {slam}, {bang}]
      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},
         {bang}]
      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: {sleep together}, {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},
         {bang}, {get it on}, {bonk}]
      6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn:
         {spang}, {bang}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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