bang

• KO
• PDQ
• abruptly
• amusement
• anon
• apace
• arousal
• at once
• away
• bar
• bash
• bastinade
• bastinado
• bat
• batter
• battering
• bean
• beat
• beating
• belt
• biff
• blare
• blast
• blow
• bludgeon
• bludgeoning
• bob
• body blow
• bolt
• bonk
• boom
• boot
• bop
• bounce
• box
• brain
• briskly
• brush
• buffet
• bulldoze
• bump
• bung
• bunt
• burst
• bust
• butt
• buzz
• cane
• carom
• chain
• charge
• chop
• clamor
• clang
• clangor
• clank
• clap
• clash
• clatter
• clip
• clobber
• clobbering
• clock
• close
• clout
• club
• clunk
• collide
• conk
• contact
• counter
• counterblow
• counterpunch
• counterstroke
• crack
• crash
• cream
• cruncher
• cudgel
• cudgeling
• cudgelling
• cuff
• dab
• deck
• delectation
• delight
• detonate
• detonation
• directly
• discharge
• diversion
• douse
• drub
• drubbing
• drum
• dump
• echo
• electrification
• enjoyment
• entertainment
• exactly
• excitement
• exhilaration
• explode
• fast
• fasten
• fell
• fillip
• flail
• fleetly
• flick
• flog
• flogging
• floor
• forthwith
• freely
• frisson
• full tilt
• fun
• glance
• graze
• hack
• hammer
• hammering
• hand
• hang one on
• hard
• hastily
• haymaker
• head-on
• headlong
• high
• hit
• hook
• howl
• hubbub
• hue and cry
• hullabaloo
• immediately
• impact
• impetuously
• impinge
• impulsively
• in no time
• incontinently
• instantaneously
• instanter
• instantly
• intoxication
• jab
• jollies
• jolt
• jostle
• joy
• kayo
• kick
• kiss
• knee
• knock
• knock down
• knockdown
• knockout
• lace
• lambast
• lambaste
• lambasting
• land
• larrup
• lash
• latch
• left
• level
• lick
• licking
• lift
• lock
• make noise
• mangle
• maul
• momentarily
• muscle
• nail
• noisily
• now
• nudge
• off the bat
• on a dime
• on the double
• on the spot
• one-two
• opportunely
• outcry
• paste
• pasting
• peal
• pelt
• pepper
• pick
• pleasant feeling
• pleasure
• plumb
• plump
• poke
• pommel
• pop
• posthaste
• pound
• pounding
• precisely
• presently
• press
• presto
• prod
• promptly
• pronto
• pummel
• pummeling
• pummelling
• punch
• punctually
• push
• quick
• quickly
• rabbit punch
• rabbit-punch
• ram
• rap
• rapidly
• rashly
• rattle
• readily
• rebound
• recklessly
• report
• resound
• ricochet
• right
• right away
• right now
• right off
• right-hander
• roar
• roll
• rough
• roundhouse
• rumble
• rush
• salvo
• sap
• scrape
• scuff
• seal
• seasonably
• secure
• shave
• shiver
• shock
• shortly
• shot
• shove
• shut
• sidewinder
• skim
• skip
• skull
• slam
• slap
• slash
• sledge
• sledgehammer
• slog
• slug
• smack
• smash
• smite
• snap
• snappily
• sock
• soon
• sound
• spank
• spear
• speedily
• stab
• stamp
• stinger
• stop
• straight
• straight off
• straightaway
• straightway
• strike
• stripe
• stroke
• sucker punch
• suddenly
• surprise
• surprize
• swat
• sweep
• swift
• swiftly
• swing
• swipe
• switch
• tag
• tap
• thrash
• thrashing
• thrill
• thud
• thump
• thunder
• thunderclap
• thunk
• thwack
• titillation
• touch
• treat
• tumult
• unexpectedly
• uppercut
• uproar
• wallop
• walloping
• welt
• whack
• whale
• wham
• whap
• whip
• whipping
• whomp
• whop
• whump
• wow
• zap

• boredom
• dullness
• late
• miss
• open
• quiet
• silence
• skirt
• slowly
• tap
• tardily
• unbar
• unbolt
• unfasten
• unlatch
• unlock
• unseal
• whimper

• noun
  1. A sudden percussive noise.
  2. A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  3. An explosion.
  4. The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.
  5. A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!.
  6. An act of sexual intercourse.
  7. An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
  8. An explosive product.
  9. An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).
  10. (Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
  11. Strong smell (of).
  12. A thrill.
  13. Hair hanging over the forehead.
  14. A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
  15. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
  16. Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.
• verb
  1. To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
  2. To hit hard.
  3. To engage in sexual intercourse.
  4. (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  5. To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
  6. To inject intravenously.
• adverb
  1. Right, directly.
  2. Precisely.
  3. With a sudden impact.
• interjection
  1. A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

• The door slammed shut with a loud bang.
• Fireworks lit up the sky with a spectacular bang.
• He dropped the book on the table with a bang.
• The tire blew out with a sudden bang, startling everyone.
• They heard a bang from the kitchen and rushed to see what had happened.

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