Meaning

14 senses
  1. (intransitive)To make sudden loud noises, often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

    The fireworks banged away all through the night.

    Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!

    knallen

  2. (ambitransitive)To hit hard.

    He banged the door shut.

    David and Mary banged into each other.

    schlagen

  3. To play a drum.

    He banged his bongo in sync with the band.

  4. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar)To engage in sexual intercourse.

    We can hear the couple banging upstairs.

    bumsen, knallen, ficken

    тра́хатьtráxatʹ, тра́хатьсяtráxatʹsja

    have sexual intercourse with

  5. To hammer or to hit anything hard.

    Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.

    einschlagen

  6. (transitive)To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

    einen Pony schneiden

  7. (slang, transitive)To inject intravenously.

    Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.

  8. (dated, transitive)To depress the prices in (a market).

  9. (intransitive, slang, stative)To be excellent; to be banging

    This song bangs!

  10. (Nigeria, slang)To fail, especially an exam; to flunk.

  11. (New England, intransitive, slang)To make a turn in a vehicle; to hang a right, left, or uey.

    Bang a right at the next stoplight.

  12. (US, slang)To gangbang; to participate in street gang criminal activity.

    You know I still bang.

Examples

286 sentences
  1. She banged the table with her fist.

    Вона вдарила кулаком по столу.

    ruОна ударила кулаком по столу.

    deSie schlug mit der Faust auf den Tisch.

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  2. Tom banged his head.

    Том ударився головою.

    deTom stieß sich den Kopf.

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  3. Tom did a bang-up job.

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  4. I heard a loud bang.

    ruЯ услышал громкий взрыв.

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  5. Tom heard a loud bang.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
slang: to engage in sexual intercourse:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to make sudden loud noises:
to hit hard:
slang: to engage in sexual intercourse:
to hammer:
to cut hair squarely across:

Origin

From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“

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”).

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Forms

bangs, banging, banged, banged
Base formbang · to bang
3rd person singularbangs
Present participlebanging
Past simplebanged
Past participlebanged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybang
he, she, itbangs

Past simpleLesson

all personsbanged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave banged
he, she, ithas banged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bang

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

203 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbanger

See also

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