Bangs Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (2024)

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/ˈbæŋz/ noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of BANGS. [plural] US. : the front section of a person's hair when it is cut short and worn over the forehead.

to come into usually forceful contact with something the toy car banged into the wall and stopped. bumps. slams. collides. smashes.

/bæŋz/ us. /bæŋz/ (UK fringe) an area of hair hanging over the forehead (= part of the face above the eyes) that is cut shorter than the rest of the hair.

vulgar slang : to have sexual intercourse with.

In American slang, the term "bang" can have multiple meanings depending on the context. Here are a few common meanings: 1. To have sex with someone: "They hooked up and banged."

Terminology. The term bangs originally referred to hair cut bang-off (i.e., straight across at the front), although the term is now applied to diverse forms of hair styling. It is probably related to bang-tail, a term still used for the practice of cutting horses' tails straight across.

A well-cut fringe can make all the difference when it comes to revamping your hairstyle — and women over 70 are no exception! Baby bangs. These super short bangs, also known as micro bangs, are super chic and perfectly flatter your facial features.

a sudden painful blow on a part of the body a bang on the head.

B.A.N.G.S. To help you remember which adjectives go before the noun, you can use the acronym BANGS, which stands for Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness and Size.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English go banginformal to explode or burst with a loud noise → bangExamples from the Corpusgo bang• I won't go banging on about the open fireplace again, but to my mind that was certainly one of them.

What does bangs together mean? ›

: to use angry or forceful methods to control or punish people. I am going to go in there and bang their heads together if they don't start behaving.

Britannica Dictionary definition of BANGS. [plural] US. : the front section of a person's hair when it is cut short and worn over the forehead. She wears her hair in bangs. = She has bangs.

sidebang (plural sidebangs) (colloquial, US) A hairstyle that consists of long hair brushed forward over one eye, similar to a fringe haircut, but worn on one side only.

But it wasn't until the 1920s that bangs really sprung into style across the world. The Roaring Twenties saw women experiment with all kinds of new fashion and beauty looks—including the blunt, fringed cuts of famous flappers like Louise Baker.

phrasal verb. bang around. (also bang about especially in British English) ​to move around noisily. We could hear the kids banging around upstairs.