bang
part of speech
noun (a bang, bangs); verb (bang, bangs, banged, banging); adverb (bang on, bang in the middle — informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bang is a sudden very loud noise, like an explosion or a door slamming. tree →
2) To bang is to hit something hard, often making a loud noise. tree →
3) To bang a part of your body is to hit it by accident. tree →
4) Bangs (American) are hair cut short and straight across the forehead (British: a fringe). tree →
5) Bang (informal) means exactly: bang on time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, a bang is sound made by sudden vibrations in the air; the Big Bang is the scientists' name for how the universe began. In safety, if you bang your head, tell an adult. In stories, a bang is a dramatic sound. Phrases: with a bang, bang on the door, bang your head, go off with a bang (be very successful), the Big Bang, bang on.
examples
- The door shut with a loud bang. tree →
- Someone was banging on the door. tree →
- I banged my knee on the table. tree →
- The fireworks went off with a bang. tree →
- Scientists think the universe began with the Big Bang. tree →
- She cut her bangs too short. tree →
- You're bang on time! tree →
- “Then I refuse,” he cried, banging the barrel in front of Hook. tree →
note
Past form banged. "Bangs" for hair is American; British say "fringe". Fireworks and bangers are dangerous and only for adults.
In the corpora
- No speech, no song, however much the young animals bang the table — just polite talk and questions about their families.
- The ladies fill the poor man's hair with mud, bang the tribal drums and call every chief of the Tribe.
- A firework's bang comes from powder burning so fast inside a closed case that the hot gas bursts it.
- In an old story "nián" was a monster scared away by red and by loud bangs.
- Onomatopoeia means words that sound like their meaning, like crash, bang, buzz and sizzle.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bang» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.