bang
• noun 1 a sudden loud sharp noise. 2 a sudden painful blow. 3 (bangs) chiefly N. Amer. a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead. • verb 1 strike or put down forcefully and noisily. 2 make or cause to make a bang. 3 vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse with. • adverb informal, chiefly Brit. exactly: bang on time. — PHRASES bang away at informal do persistently or doggedly. bang goes &em;&em; informal a plan or hope is suddenly destroyed. bang on Brit. informal exactly right. bang on about informal talk at tedious length about. bang up Brit. informal imprison. with a bang suddenly or spectacularly. — ORIGIN imitative, perhaps Scandinavian.
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