The difference between Bang and Bangs
When used as nouns, bang means a sudden percussive noise, whereas bangs means brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
Bang is also interjection with the meaning: a sudden percussive sound.
Bang is also adverb with the meaning: right, directly.
Bang is also verb with the meaning: to make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bang and Bangs
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Bang as a noun:
A sudden percussive noise.
Examples:
"When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang."
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Bang as a noun:
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
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Bang as a noun:
An explosion.
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Bang as a noun (US, especially plural):
A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
Examples:
"Tiffany has long hair and bangs."
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Bang as a noun (US):
The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
Examples:
"An [[e-mail]] address with an ! is called a [[bang path bang path]]."
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Bang as a noun (mathematics):
A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
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Bang as a noun (vulgar, slang):
An act of sexual intercourse.
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Bang as a noun:
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
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Bang as a noun (slang, mining):
An explosive product.
Examples:
"Load the bang into the hole."
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Bang as a noun (slang, US, Boston area):
An abrupt left turn.
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Bang as a verb (intransitive):
To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
Examples:
"The fireworks banged away all through the night."
"Stop banging on the door. I heard you the first time!"
"My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert."
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Bang as a verb (ambitransitive):
To hit hard.
Examples:
"He banged the door shut."
"David and Mary banged into each other."
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Bang as a verb (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar):
To engage in sexual intercourse.
Examples:
"We can hear the couple banging upstairs."
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Bang as a verb (with "in"):
To hammer or to hit anything hard.
Examples:
"Hold the picture while I bang in this nail."
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Bang as a verb (transitive):
To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
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Bang as an adverb:
Right, directly.
Examples:
"The passenger door was bang against the garage wall."
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Bang as an adverb:
Precisely.
Examples:
"He arrived bang on time."
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Bang as an adverb:
With a sudden impact.
Examples:
"Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door."
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Bang as a noun:
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Bangs as a noun:
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Bangs as a verb:
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Bangs as a noun:
Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.