bang
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vigorous blow
the sudden knock floored him
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
strike violently
slam the ball
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
directly
he ran bang into the pole
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 noun
a sudden very loud noise
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
- water hammer hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- firecracker derivation
- clap derivation
Sense 6 noun
a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
Types & categories
- coif hypernym
Sense 7 verb
close violently
He slammed the door shut
Types & categories
- close hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
they got a great bang out of it
Types & categories
- excitement hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
move noisily
The window banged shut
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- clap derivation
Sense 10 noun
a conspicuous success
that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
Types & categories
Sense 11 verb
have sexual intercourse with
This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- fuck derivation
- lovemaking derivation
- bed derivation
- sexual love derivation
- lover derivation
- fucker derivation
- archaism domain usage
- neck verb group
Sense 12 verb
leap, jerk, bang
Bullets spanged into the trees
Types & categories
- impinge on hypernym
Related & opposite
- dialect domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | knock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sock |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slam |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | clap |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blast |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bang |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | water hammer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | firecracker |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clap |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | coif |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | slam |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | slammer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | close |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | commove |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | tickle |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | inebriate |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrill |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | excitement |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | clap |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | success |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | megahit |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleeper |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuck |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | lovemaking |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | bed |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual love |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | lover |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | fucker |
| 11 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | neck |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | mate |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | have |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | fornicate |
| 12 | domain usage | Related & opposite | dialect |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | impinge on |