to bang
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1.0
- verb
- /bæŋ/
- The children were banging on the drums during the music class.
- bang on the door
- bang one's head
- bang a drum
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Examples
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Miranda ran out into the hall, banging at doors until she found the ladies' room.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bad-tempered drivers banged on the door and left cursing without a fare.
Academic text (2007) -
Did you bang your head?
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I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong.
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When she finally turned the water off, she heard fists banging at the bathroom door.
Fiction book (1990) -
An infant touches an object, mouths it, and perhaps tries to bang it on the floor.
Academic text (2004) -
Sometimes it's people out banging on doors, gathering ballots.
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Place tennis balls on the legs of chairs, preventing them from banging against tables and other chairs.
Academic text (2008) -
The murals show one man banging a drum, while others blow flutes and shake maracas.
Academic text (2011) -
He accidentally banged his knee against the table leg.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To strike someone or something with force
∞
1.2
To hit something or someone again and again, making a rhythm
472
1.0
Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand
375
2.3
To close or hit something with great force and make a loud noise
231
1.3
To hit something again and again very hard
109
3.2
To make a short sharp sound, for example when a balloon bursts
47
3.4
To hit something hard so it makes a dull sound
46
2.4
To make a sudden loud noise by hitting or falling
37
3.5
To make a heavy, dull sound when something hits or falls
36
3.6
To make a loud clear sound that people can hear far away
35
4.1
To make a sudden very loud sound that startles people
20
3.4
To make a deep loud sound like thunder or a cannon
3
8.0
To hit something hard with a flat object so it makes a loud sound
3
8.1
To hit something or someone hard and make a loud sound
2
6.3
To hit something hard so it moves or gets damaged
1
7.1
To move with a dull thud, as when a horse's hooves hit the ground
1
9.5
To hit something so it makes a dull thumping sound
To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow
Idioms
- Informal
1
8.6
To make people work together by firmly telling them to stop arguing
To try many times to do something without success and feel frustrated
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
5
6.7
To hit something again and again with force, for example when playing an instrument
Compounds
- Specialized
6
4.1
An idea that the universe began when a hot, very dense point expanded quickly
- Specialized
1
3.7
A scientific idea that the universe began in a huge explosion from one tiny hot point and is still expanding
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bang comes from a simple imitation of the sudden loud sound 'bang' that copies a crash or hit, so to bang something is to hit or close it suddenly and noisily.