A Quick and Simple Dictionary

bang

1. Noun.  A sudden percussive noise.
2. Noun.  A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
3. Noun.  An explosion.
4. Noun.  (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
5. Noun.  (US) The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
6. Noun.  (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!.
7. Noun.  (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
8. Noun.  An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
9. Noun.  (slang, mining) An explosive product.
10. Noun.  (slang, US) An abrupt left turn.
11. Verb.  (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
12. Verb.  (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
13. Verb.  (slang, figuratively) To engage in sexual intercourse.
14. Verb.   ''We can hear the couple '''banging''' upstairs.''.
15. Verb.  (qualifier, with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
16. Adverb.  Right, directly.
17. Adverb.  Precisely.
18. Adverb.  With a sudden impact.
19. Interjection.  a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.
20. Noun.  (context, in plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease .