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bangs

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See also: Bangs

English

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Etymology 1

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From bang (to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (to strike noisily, explode).

Noun

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bangs pl (normally plural, singular bang)

  1. plural of bang
  2. (chiefly US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.
  3. (chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
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Verb

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bangs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bang

Etymology 2

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Shortened from Bang's disease.

Noun

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bangs (uncountable)

  1. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English bangs, plural of bang, from Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian, *bangan or Old Norse banga (to pound, hammer); both from Proto-Germanic *bang- (to beat), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (to beat, hit, injure).

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  • Hyphenation: bangs

Noun

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bangs

  1. bang; a fringe of hair cut across the forehead

French

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Noun

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bangs m

  1. plural of bang