Definition of "banger" [banger]

• Chiefly British A sausage. (noun)
• Chiefly British A noisy old car. (noun)
• Chiefly British A firework that explodes with a sudden loud noise. (noun)

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• "A wall-banger is something that fails spectacularly on all three counts."
• "The banger was a very short but powerful looking Arab man in his 40s."
• "I contacted him and no more than two days following our conversation I had myself a "banger" track to write to."