Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sausage.
- noun A noisy old car.
- noun A firework that explodes with a sudden loud noise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which bangs.
- noun One who or that which bangs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK : A firework that makes a
bang . - noun UK, slang A woman's
breast . - noun UK, New Zealand, slang A
sausage . - noun slang An old, worn-out car.
- noun US, slang A
cylinder in a car. - noun US, slang A member of a gang, shortened version of the word
gangbanger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
- noun (British informal) pork sausage
Etymologies
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Examples
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A wall-banger is something that fails spectacularly on all three counts.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Novels 2006
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The banger was a very short but powerful looking Arab man in his 40s.
Lord Conrads Crusade Frankowski, Leo 2005
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I contacted him and no more than two days following our conversation I had myself a "banger" track to write to.
Fred Graves: The World's First Hip-Hop Microfinance Music Video Fred Graves 2010
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For a very old "banger," insurance pays €1,000 — not a huge sum, so the company does not send a detective.
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Just about every joint could be considered a "banger".
What's New In Dart's iPod #44 AKA The Danny Ainge Edition Dart Adams 2008
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It's a little too slow to be a "banger", but it'll get your shoulders shaking a little.
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It's a little too slow to be a "banger", but it'll get your shoulders shaking a little.
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No llega a ser un 'banger' pero siento algo muy especial al escucharlo, nos vemos el lunes.
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I never owned my own car (although I did share a "banger" with 3 others for a few years) until aged 29 - why?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Now, about just what goes into a traditional English 'banger'?
Army Rumour Service 2010
john commented on the word banger
Short for headbanger. Also, sausage.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word banger
Best served with mash. The sausage, I mean.
October 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word banger
See also bangers and mash.
November 30, 2007
yarb commented on the word banger
Also a dilapidated automobile (can automobiles dilapidate?)
May 2, 2008
tankhughes commented on the word banger
This is not new, but it does feel particularly widespread to me, people using it who are online but not from its Australian slang/music industry/Black youth origins; https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/where-does-the-term-banger-come-from-music-parks-and-rec/9275652
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaraclaw.com/post/3lbv43pn43k2f
"Just learned the Yiddish word for anxiety literally translates as heart-knocking-ness (hartsklapenish, דאָס האַרצקלאַפּעניש) and it's very fitting that the Jews would have a banger of a word for their daily companion"
Also used in the meme phrase used to respond to anything that Smosh member Shayne Topp posts, originally from coworker Trevor: "Another banger from Shane from iCarly" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XztCmilzg8U https://x.com/smosh/status/1466221378294583300?lang=en https://www.reddit.com/r/smosh/comments/15kz1ug/another_banger_by_shayne_topp_from_icarly/
November 26, 2024