bang
Right, directlyRight, directly.
» She banged the table with her fist.
Sie schlug mit der Faust auf den Tisch. — samueldora
Она ударила кулаком по столу. — shanghainese
Вона вдарила кулаком по столу. — aandrusiak
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4 senses(informal, not comparable)Right, directly.
The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
directly
(informal, not comparable)Precisely, exactly, completely.
He arrived bang on time.
(informal, not comparable)With a sudden impact.
Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
(informal, not comparable)Used as a general intensifier.
I'm bang up for it! (I'm very keen and willing to do it)
She's bang on it today. (She's on very good form today)
Examples
286 sentencesShe banged the table with her fist.
Вона вдарила кулаком по столу. — aandrusiak
ruОна ударила кулаком по столу. — shanghainese
deSie schlug mit der Faust auf den Tisch. — samueldora
Tom banged his head.
Том ударився головою. — deniko
deTom stieß sich den Kopf. — Sudajaengi
Tom did a bang-up job.
I heard a loud bang.
ruЯ услышал громкий взрыв. — astru
Tom heard a loud bang.
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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