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Definition of bang exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bang

exclamation
 
/bæŋ/
 
/bæŋ/
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  1. 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’.
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