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| n. (event) | 1. bang, bash, belt, knock, smash | a vigorous blow.; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" |
| ~ blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| n. (event) | 2. bam, bang, blast, clap, eruption | a sudden very loud noise. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| ~ water hammer | the banging sound of steam in pipes. |
| n. (body) | 3. bang, fringe | a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead. |
| ~ coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). |
| n. (feeling) | 4. bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | 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" |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| n. (act) | 5. bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike | 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" |
| ~ success | an attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" |
| ~ megahit, smash hit, blockbuster | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel). |
| ~ sleeper | an unexpected hit.; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |
| v. (contact) | 6. bang, slam | strike violently.; "slam the ball" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (perception) | 7. bang | to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound.; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (contact) | 8. bang, slam | close violently.; "He slammed the door shut" |
| ~ close, shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.; "Close the door"; "shut the window" |
| v. (motion) | 9. bang | move noisily.; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (contact) | 10. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (contact) | 11. bang, spang | leap, jerk, bang.; "Bullets spanged into the trees" |
| ~ dialect, idiom, accent | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| adv. | 12. bang, bolt, slap, slapdash, smack | directly.; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
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