Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BANGS
Etymology 1
Noun
bangs pl (plural only)
plural of bang
(chiefly US) Hair hanging over the forehead.
(chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
Synonyms
• (hair): forelocks; fringe (UK); bang (archaic US)
• (hairstyle): fringe (UK); bang (archaic US)
Verb
bangs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bang
Etymology 2
Noun
bangs (uncountable)
Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
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.bångas 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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