bang
exclamation/bæŋ/
/bæŋ/
- used to show the sound of something loud, like a gun
- ‘Bang, bang, you're dead!’ shouted the little boy.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse bang ‘hammering’.Want to learn more?
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