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BANGED
Verb
banged
simple past tense and past participle of bang
Adjective
banged (not comparable)
Having the hair styled in bangs.
Source: Wiktionary
BANG
Bang, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banged; p. pr. & vb. n. Banging.] Etym: [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to beat, Sw.bĂĄngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper of a bell.]
1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.
2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
Bang, v. i.
Definition: To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.
Bang, n.
1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hudibras.
2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
Bang, v. t.
Definition: To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). His hair banged even with his eyebrows. The Century Mag.
Bang, n.
Definition: The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.
Bang, Bangue, n.
Definition: See Bhang.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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