bangs

See also: Bangs

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bæŋz/
  • Rhymes: -æŋz

Etymology 1

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Noun

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

bangs

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bang

Etymology 2

Shortened from Bang's disease.

Noun

bangs (uncountable)

  1. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

Cebuano

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bangs

Noun

bangs

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

French

Noun

bangs m

  1. plural of bang
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