To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.
He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, “Bang!”
From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to...
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The fireworks banged away all through the night.
To hit hard.
He banged the door shut.
Precisely.
He arrived bang on time.
With a sudden impact.
Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.