Meaning of "bang" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BANG

From Old Norse bang, banga hammer; related to Low German bangen to beat; all of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BANG

bang  [bæŋ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BANG

Bang is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bang in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES BANG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bang in the English dictionary

The first definition of bang in the dictionary is a short loud explosive noise, as of the bursting of a balloon or the report of a gun. Other definition of bang is a hard blow or knock, esp a noisy one; thump. Bang is also a startling or sudden effect.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BANG

PRESENT

Present

I bang

you bang

he/she/it bangs

we bang

you bang

they bang

Present continuous

I am banging

you are banging

he/she/it is banging

we are banging

you are banging

they are banging

Present perfect

I have banged

you have banged

he/she/it has banged

we have banged

you have banged

they have banged

Present perfect continuous

I have been banging

you have been banging

he/she/it has been banging

we have been banging

you have been banging

they have been banging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I banged

you banged

he/she/it banged

we banged

you banged

they banged

Past continuous

I was banging

you were banging

he/she/it was banging

we were banging

you were banging

they were banging

Past perfect

I had banged

you had banged

he/she/it had banged

we had banged

you had banged

they had banged

Past perfect continuous

I had been banging

you had been banging

he/she/it had been banging

we had been banging

you had been banging

they had been banging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bang

you will bang

he/she/it will bang

we will bang

you will bang

they will bang

Future continuous

I will be banging

you will be banging

he/she/it will be banging

we will be banging

you will be banging

they will be banging

Future perfect

I will have banged

you will have banged

he/she/it will have banged

we will have banged

you will have banged

they will have banged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been banging

you will have been banging

he/she/it will have been banging

we will have been banging

you will have been banging

they will have been banging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bang

you would bang

he/she/it would bang

we would bang

you would bang

they would bang

Conditional continuous

I would be banging

you would be banging

he/she/it would be banging

we would be banging

you would be banging

they would be banging

Conditional perfect

I would have bang

you would have bang

he/she/it would have bang

we would have bang

you would have bang

they would have bang

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been banging

you would have been banging

he/she/it would have been banging

we would have been banging

you would have been banging

they would have been banging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bang
we let´s bang
you bang

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bang

Past participle

banged

Present Participle

banging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BANG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bang» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bang

abruptly · absolutely · all at once · all of a sudden · altogether · bash · beat · belt · blast · blow · boom · box · buffet · bump · burst · clang · clap · clash · clatter · clomp · clout · clump · completely · crack · crash · cuff · detonation · discharge · drum · echo · elbow · entirely · every inch · exactly · explode · explosion · fully · hammer · hit · instantly · jostle · just · knock · on the spur of the moment · peal · plumb · pop · pound · precisely · promptly · pummel · punch · quite · rap · report · resound · shot · slam · slap · slosh · smack · sock · square · squarely · straight · strike · stroke · suddenly · thoroughly · throb · thud · thump · thunder · tonk · totally · utterly · wallop · whack · wholly

TRANSLATION OF BANG

Find out the translation of bang to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bang from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bang» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 巨响
• Translator English - Spanish: estallido
• English: bang
• Translator English - Hindi: धमाके
• Translator English - Arabic: خَبْطَة
• Translator English - Russian: громкий удар
• Translator English - Portuguese: explosão
• Translator English - Bengali: ঠুং
• Translator English - French: détonation
• Translator English - Malay: Bang
• Translator English - German: Knall
• Translator English - Japanese: 砲声
• Translator English - Korean: 쾅하는 소리
• Translator English - Javanese: Bang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tiếng nổ lớn
• Translator English - Tamil: களமிறங்கினார்
• Translator English - Marathi: मोठा आवाज
• Translator English - Turkish: patlama
• Translator English - Italian: scoppio
• Translator English - Polish: huk
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вибух
• Translator English - Romanian: bubuitură
• Translator English - Greek: κρότος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bang
• Translator English - Swedish: smäll
• Translator English - Norwegian: smell

10 QUOTES WITH «BANG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bang.

1

Charles Bass

I think it could be the biggest information problem that we face. 'If somebody is abroad and they even mention the name of an American citizen, bang, off goes the tap, and no more information is collected.

2

Drake Bell

I wake up in the morning, walk downstairs, and just bang on the piano and write about what's going on in the world around me.

3

Sean Berdy

I love to talk about the drums and music. I started playing drums when I was probably six and played a lot until I was about ten or eleven years old. So, I guess five or six years where I played. I had a drum set at home, and I would just bang on it. I'd even go on the Internet and study basic beats and so forth.

4

Seth Berkley

The return on investment in global health is tremendous, and the biggest bang for the buck comes from vaccines. Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective health investments in history.

5

Dick Cheney

I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing where an awful lot of people over a long period of time - thousands have worked this case and these issues and followed on the leads and captured bad guys and interrogated them and so-forth.

6

Chris Christie

The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America.

7

David Crosby

Describing Woodstock as the 'big bang,' I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.

8

Arthur Darvill

I use music as therapy. Whenever I'm feeling angry or needing some 'me' time, which is quite regularly, I'll go and bang a piano or flesh out something on a guitar.

9

Michelle Dockery

I want a house with a garden, but slap bang in the centre of London. Next door to a sushi bar.

10

George Duke

Frank liked me because I went nuts on the piano using feet, head, whatever I could find to bang on the piano.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANG»

Discover the use of bang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Big Bang

The bestselling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem and The Code Book tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang. A fascinating exploration of the ultimate question: how was our universe created?

Simon Singh, 2010

Bang!

A teenage boy must face the harsh realities of inner city life, a disintegrating family, and destructive temptations as he struggles to find his identity as a young man.

Sharon Flake, 2009

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

The star of "Chelsea Lately" aims her sharp wit at her family, her sex life, her career and her distinctively outrageous worldview.

Chelsea Handler, 2011

The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War

It tells the story of four remarkable young men, the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence, pain and suffering, the relationships between the four and the story of the end of apartheid.

Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, 2012

Bang

Quentin and JD have been friends forever.

Norah McClintock, 2007

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

When a set-up goes wrong and Six finds herself sleeping with the enemy, who will she choose, the man she loves, or the man she's supposed to hate?

Ashley, Jacquavis, 2010

The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, ...

This book discusses philosophy. But you don't need an IQ of 187 to enjoy it. I swear to cow! As you'll see, the philosophy is theoretical, but the fun is real"-- What would Aristotle make of Sheldon Cooper's life?

Dean Kowalski, 2012

Bang Colombia: Textbook on How to Sleep with Colombian Women

Bang Colombia is a strategy guide designed to help you sleep with Colombian women in Colombia without paying for it.

Roosh V, 2010

George and the Big Bang

Meet George.

Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking, 2014

Bang the Drum Slowly

This series is among the finest novels ever written to use baseball as a theme. Published in 1956, the book is a simple, moving testament to the immutable power of friendship.

Mark Harris, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bang is used in the context of the following news items.

This Week on IFC: The Spoils Before Dying, Maron and Comedy Bang!

Eric Jonrosh's sizzling hot masterpiece The Spoils Before Dying will be shown to American audiences for the first time ever. Can they handle ... «IFC, Jul 15»

Selena Gomez Accidentally Posts Image Of Big Bang's MADE …

American singer Selena Gomez made Big Bang fans smile when she gave a shout-out to pop star Taylor Swift on Twitter, and she attached a ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»

New Georgia fireworks law comes in with a bang in Clayton County …

The homes up and down Sunnybrook Drive in Jonesboro are usually on the neat and tidy side. But on this day, there's an unusually large ... «WSB Atlanta, Jul 15»

New Audi A4 Models to Feature Bang & Olufsen 3D Sound System …

“The Bang & Olufsen 3D Sound System in the Audi A4 brings fascinating 3D sound to all who hear it, adding an exciting new dimension to the ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»

Bang Saen hit by plankton blooms - The Nation

Chon Buri, the Bang Saen sea has been hit by the plankton blooms phenomenon, suffocating a lot of small fish that was found on the popular ... «The Nation, Jul 15»

Big Bang Harbor Light Show canceled Saturday - KRISTV.com

Police say, the incident interrupted communications with the technicians in charge of the show which forced officials to cancel the Big Bang ... «KRIS Corpus Christi News, Jul 15»

[KpopStarz One Global K! Chart] Big Bang, 2PM, EXO, And More …

YG Entertainment's male group, Big Bang, continues their domination and popularity globally as they have several of their singles that rank on ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»

Times & Star | News | People | Did you hear Workington's big bang?

“Such a large bang heard over such a wide area, with no reports of explosions on the ground (yet) makes me think a meteor has maybe ... «Times & Star, Jul 15»

Sizzle, Bang, Shop: How Independence Day Played Out On Social …

Sizzle Bang Shop_How Independence Day Played Out on Social. Of all major U.S. holidays, July 4th is up there with the biggest, standing ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»

Washington Township's fireworks celebration goes off with a bang …

Hundreds of families gathered at Washington Township High School not only to celebrate the nation's independence, but also to continue a ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»