bang

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noun

1 sudden loud noise

ADJECTIVE

▪ almighty (esp. BrE), big, enormous (esp. BrE), huge (esp. BrE), loud, massive (esp. BrE), resounding

VERB + BANG

▪ hear

▪

We suddenly heard an almighty bang from the kitchen.

BANG + VERB

▪ echo

PREPOSITION

▪ with a bang

▪

She slammed the door with a loud bang.

2 sudden hard hit

ADJECTIVE

▪ nasty

▪

He got a nasty bang on the head.

VERB + BANG

▪ get, have

3 bangs (AmE) hair ⇨ See also ↑fringe

ADJECTIVE

▪ blond, brown, etc.

▪ long, short

▪ messy, overgrown, shaggy, wispy

VERB + BANG

▪ blow, brush, pull back, push, sweep

▪

She blew her bangs out of her face.

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verb

1 hit noisily

ADVERB

▪ hard, loudly

▪ repeatedly

PREPOSITION

▪ against

▪

He kept banging his chair against the wall.

▪ on

▪

She banged loudly on the table.

PHRASES

▪ bang (sth) down, bang (sth) open, bang (sth) shut

▪

The bedroom door banged shut.

▪

She banged the door shut.

2 part of the body/person

ADVERB

▪ badly, hard

▪

I banged my head badly.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

▪

He banged into me in the corridor.

▪ on

▪

I banged my leg on the table.

Bang is used with these nouns as the object: ↑door, ↑drum, ↑elbow, ↑fist, ↑head, ↑shin

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adv.

Bang is used with these adjectives: ↑up to date