Definition of "bang" []

• A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion. (noun)
• A sudden loud blow or bump. (noun)
• Informal A sudden burst of action: The campaign started off with a bang. (noun)
• Slang A sense of excitement; a thrill: We got a bang out of watching the old movies. (noun)
• To strike heavily and often repeatedly; bump. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "February 18, 2008 at 4:19 am ackshully shood hab sed, insted ob *shoot shoot bang bang*"
• "With amazing coolness, the New Englander brought his Winchester to a level, and _bang, bang, bang_, he shattered three of the knots in quick succession."
• "There was the rattling of a key faintly heard, and then _bang, bang, bang_, and the ringing of the bell."