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bangs

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A sudden percussive noise.

Examples :

"When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang."

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A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

Examples :

"The carpenter ignored the bangs coming from the construction site next door. "

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Examples :

"The loud bang startled the children playing in the park. "

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The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.

Examples :

"An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path."

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A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!

Examples :

"In computer science class, the professor said to be careful using "bangs" because calculating factorials gets computationally expensive quickly. "

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An act of sexual intercourse.

Examples :

"The couple's loud bangs echoed through the quiet apartment. "

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An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

Examples :

"The reggae song had a catchy rhythm, especially the upbeat bangs played on the piano. "

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An explosive product.

Examples :

"Load the bang into the hole."

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An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).

Examples :

"He needed more and more bangs to get the same high. "

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(Boston area) An abrupt left turn.

Examples :

""To get to my school from here, you take two rights and then a bangs." "

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Strong smell (of)

Examples :

"There was a bang of onions off his breath."

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noun

Examples :

"Winning the raffle at school gave me such bangs. "

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To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

Examples :

"My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert."

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verb

Examples :

"David and Mary banged into each other."

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To engage in sexual intercourse.

Examples :

"We can hear the couple banging upstairs."

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(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

Examples :

"Hold the picture while I bang in this nail."

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To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

Examples :

"My mom bangs my little brother's hair because he doesn't like it in his eyes. "

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verb

To inject intravenously.

Examples :

"Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it."

medicine substance

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Hair hanging over the forehead.

Examples :

""She pushed her bangs out of her eyes so she could see the blackboard clearly." "

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A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

Examples :

"Her bangs were slightly too long, so she pushed them out of her eyes. "

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Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

Examples :

"The farmer worried about his cows getting bangs because the disease could make them sick and unable to produce milk. "

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Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

Examples :

"The farmer worried when several cows developed "bangs," also known as brucellosis, which can affect both animals and people. "

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