bang

bang

verb

Definition of BANG

1

to come into usually forceful contact with something <the toy car banged into the wall and stopped>

Synonyms bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

Related Words bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms miss, skirt

2

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner <idly banged trees with a stick>

Synonyms bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap

Related Words batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skull

3

to shove into a closed position with force and noise <stomped off to his room and banged the door>

Synonyms bang

Related Words close, shut, stop; bar, batten (down), bolt, chain, fasten, latch, lock, seal, secure

Near Antonyms open; unbar, unbolt, unfasten, unlatch, unlock, unseal