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"ENCE"	"ABLE"	"T HERE"	"NESS"
bang (bàng) noun 1. A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion. 2. A sudden loud blow or bump. 3. Informal. A sudden burst of action. 4. Slang. A sense of excitement. verb banged, banging, bangs verb, transitive 1. To strike heavily and often repeatedly. 2. To close suddenly and loudly. 3. To handle noisily or violently. verb, intransitive 1. To make a sudden loud, explosive noise. 2. To crash noisily against or into something. adverb Exactly: precisely. - phrasal verb. bang away 1. To assail insistently, especially with questions. 2. To work diligently and often at length. bang up To damage extensively. [Probably from Old Norse bang, a hammering.]