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banged

banged is the simple past and past participle of bang.

banged is the alternative form of bhanged.

Meaning of bang

Verb

bang (third-person singular simple present bangs, present participle banging, simple past and past participle banged)

  1. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
    • The fireworks banged away all through the night.
  2. (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
    • He banged the door shut.
  3. To play a drum.
    • He banged his bongo in sync with the band.
  4. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    • We can hear the couple banging upstairs.
    Synonyms:
    nail, do it, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex
  5. To hammer or to hit anything hard.
    • Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
  6. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
    • His hair banged even with his eyebrows.c. 1883, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Becomin a Zuni

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Meaning of bhanged

Adjective

bhanged (comparative more bhanged, superlative most bhanged)

  1. Under the effects of bhang (cannabis) or any comparable drug.
    • Some of them were so bhanged, or overcome by opium, that they lay down like drunkards with their muskets in their hands unable to move; […]1860, Thomas Lowe, Central India During the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858, page 290

Adjective

banged (not comparable)

  1. Having the hair styled in bangs.

Forms of banged

comparativemore banged
superlativemost banged

Words formed from banged

Phrases with banged

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Questions about banged

What does banged mean?
Banged means having the hair styled in bangs.
What is banged the simple past and past participle of?
Banged is the simple past and past participle of bang.
What part of speech is banged?
Banged is an adjective.

Words near banged in the dictionary

  1. Bangco
  2. Bangcuangan
  3. bangda
  4. bangdas
  5. Bange
  6. banged
  7. banged a uey
  8. banged about
  9. banged around
  10. banged away
  11. banged down the door

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Adapted from Wiktionary: banged (page history and authors); bang (page history and authors); bhanged (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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