bang
1. a vigorous blow (Freq. 2)
- the sudden knock floored him
- he took a bash right in his face
- he got a bang on the head
• Syn:
knock, bash, smash, belt
• Derivationally related forms:
belt (for: belt), smash (for: smash), bash (for: bash), knock (for: knock)
• Hypernyms:
blow, bump
2. a sudden very loud noise (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
clap, eruption, blast, bam
• Derivationally related forms:
blast (for: blast), clap (for: clap)
• Hypernyms:
noise
• Hyponyms:
water hammer
3. a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
fringe
• Hypernyms:
hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
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:
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
• Derivationally related forms:
thrill (for: thrill), charge (for: charge)
• Hypernyms:
exhilaration, excitement
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
• Hypernyms:
success
• Hyponyms:
blockbuster, megahit, smash hit, sleeper
1. strike violently (Freq. 3)
- slam the ball
• Syn:
slam
• Derivationally related forms:
slam (for: slam)
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound (Freq. 2)
- One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed
• Derivationally related forms:
banger
• Hypernyms:
sound, go
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. close violently (Freq. 2)
- He slammed the door shut
• Syn:
slam
• Derivationally related forms:
slam (for: slam), slammer (for: slam)
• Hypernyms:
close, shut
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They want to bang the doors
4. move noisily (Freq. 1)
- The window banged shut
- The old man banged around the house
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
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,
jazz, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it,
get it on, bonk
• Derivationally related forms:
bed (for: bed), fucker (for: fuck), fucking (for: fuck), fuck (for: fuck), screw (for: screw), screwing (for: screw), love (for: love), lover (for: love)
• Usage Domain:
archaism (for: screw)
• Hypernyms:
copulate, mate, pair, couple
• Hyponyms:
take, have, fornicate
• Verb Group:
neck, make out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: lie with)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: hump)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: fuck)
- Somebody ----s somebody (for: screw)
6. leap, jerk, bang
- Bullets spanged into the trees
• Syn:
spang
• Usage Domain:
dialect, idiom, accent
• Hypernyms:
hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s something
directly (Freq. 1)
- he ran bang into the pole
- ran slap into her
• Syn:
slap, slapdash, smack, bolt
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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