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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