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{
"term": "bang",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "bang",
"heSheIt": "bangs"
},
"pastSimple": "banged",
"pastParticiple": "banged",
"ingForm": "banging"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to hit something in a way that makes a loud noise",
"sensetop": "bang on somethingbang something (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She banged on the door angrily.",
"contextForm": "bang on something"
},
{
"text": "The baby was banging the table with his spoon.",
"contextForm": "bang something (with something)"
},
{
"text": "She banged loudly on the table."
},
{
"text": "A branch banged against the window."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard", "loudly", "repeatedly"],
"preposition": ["against", "on"],
"phrases": [
"bang (something) down",
"bang (something) open",
"bang (something) shut"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to close something or to be closed with a loud noise",
"sensetop": "+ adj.bang somethingbang something + adj.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A window was banging somewhere *(= opening and closing noisily)*."
},
{
"text": "The door banged shut behind her.",
"contextForm": "+ adj."
},
{
"text": "Don't bang the door when you go out!",
"contextForm": "bang something"
},
{
"text": "She banged the door shut.",
"contextForm": "bang something + adj."
}
],
"synonyms": "slam",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard", "loudly", "repeatedly"],
"preposition": ["against", "on"],
"phrases": [
"bang (something) down",
"bang (something) open",
"bang (something) shut"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to put something somewhere suddenly and violently",
"sensetop": "bang something + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He banged the money down on the counter."
},
{
"text": "She banged saucepans around irritably."
},
{
"text": "He kept banging his chair against the wall."
}
],
"synonyms": "slam"
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to hit something, especially a part of the body, against something by accident",
"sensetop": "bang something (+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She tripped and banged her knee on the desk."
},
{
"text": "I banged my head badly."
},
{
"text": "He banged his head as he tried to stand up."
},
{
"text": "I banged my leg on the table."
},
{
"text": "She couldn't avoid banging her elbows against the cubicle walls as she showered."
}
],
"synonyms": "bump",
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["badly", "hard"],
"preposition": ["into", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to have sex with somebody",
"sensetop": "bang somebody",
"labels": "(taboo, slang)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to force people to stop arguing and behave in a sensible way",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She’s really banging the drum for the new system."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bæŋ/",
"audio": "ba/bang/bang__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bæŋz/",
"audio": "ba/bang/bangs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bæŋd/",
"audio": "ba/bang/banged__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbæŋɪŋ/",
"audio": "ba/bang/banging__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bæŋ/",
"audio": "ba/bang/bang__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bæŋz/",
"audio": "ba/bang/bangs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bæŋd/",
"audio": "ba/bang/banged__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbæŋɪŋ/",
"audio": "ba/bang/banging__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse bang ‘hammering’."
}