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# bang

«bang» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sudden very loud noise, like an explosion or a door…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bang, bangs); verb (bang, bangs, banged, banging); adverb (bang on, bang in the middle — informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bang is a sudden very loud noise, like an explosion or a door slamming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#m1)

2) To bang is to hit something hard, often making a loud noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#m2)

3) To bang a part of your body is to hit it by accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#m3)

4) Bangs (American) are hair cut short and straight across the forehead (British: a fringe). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#m4)

5) Bang (informal) means exactly: bang on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a bang is sound made by sudden vibrations in the air; the Big Bang is the scientists' name for how the universe began. In safety, if you bang your head, tell an adult. In stories, a bang is a dramatic sound. Phrases: with a bang, bang on the door, bang your head, go off with a bang (be very successful), the Big Bang, bang on.

### examples

- The door shut with a loud bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x1)
- Someone was banging on the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x2)
- I banged my knee on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x3)
- The fireworks went off with a bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x4)
- Scientists think the universe began with the Big Bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x5)
- She cut her bangs too short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x6)
- You're bang on time! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x7)
- “Then I refuse,” he cried, banging the barrel in front of Hook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/#x8)

### note

Past form banged. "Bangs" for hair is American; British say "fringe". Fireworks and bangers are dangerous and only for adults.

### In the corpora

- [No speech, no song, however much the young animals bang the table — just polite talk and questions about their families.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/3/)
- [The ladies fill the poor man's hair with mud, bang the tribal drums and call every chief of the Tribe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/7/)
- [A firework's bang comes from powder burning so fast inside a closed case that the hot gas bursts it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/26-colours-of-fire-fireworks/11/)
- [In an old story "nián" was a monster scared away by red and by loud bangs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/25-spring-festival/7/)
- [Onomatopoeia means words that sound like their meaning, like crash, bang, buzz and sizzle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bang» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bang/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.