banger
English
/ˈbæŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
- (British): A firework that makes a bang.
- (British) A woman's breast.
- (British) A sausage.
- (slang) An old, worn-out car.
- (US) A cylinder in a car.
- (US) ; A member of a gang.
- (British) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
- (slang) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
Etymology
Suffix from English bang (forelock).
Origin
English
bang
Gloss
forelock
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bang English
- bang straw English
- bangable English
- bangbus English
- bangless English
- bangsome English
- bangster English
- bangstick English
- bangtail English
- bebang English
- fingerbang English
- flash-bang English
- gangbang English
- hashbang English
- head English
- headbang English
- headbanger English
- sidebang English
- slambang English
- slap-bang English
- strambang English
- whizbang English
- *bangen Middle English