bangs
Meanings
Noun
- a vigorous blow
- a sudden very loud noise
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a conspicuous success
- plural of bang
- Hair hanging over the forehead.
- A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
- Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
Verb
- strike violently
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- close violently
- move noisily
- have sexual intercourse with
- leap, jerk, bang
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bang
Origin / Etymology
From bang (“to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]”), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (“to strike noisily, explode”).
Synonyms
bam, bang, bash, be intimate, bed, belt, blast, bonk, boot, charge, clap, do it, eff, eruption, flush, forelocks, fringe, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hit, hump, jazz, kick, knock, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, rush, screw, slam, sleep together, sleep with, smash, smasher, spang, strike, thrill
Scrabble Score: 8
bangs is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbangs is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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