banger
English
Etymology
From bang + -er. The sausages were so called because of their excess water content and impervious skin, leading to the risk of explosion if not punctured before cooking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbæŋə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
banger (plural bangers)
- A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
- (Britain) A firework that makes a bang.
- (sexuality, slang) A person who has sex.
- Coordinate terms: bang, gangbang, gangbanger
- 2008, Dewan Gibson, The Imperfect Enjoyment (page 177)
- He is also a former international chick banger.
- (automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
- Synonyms: bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket; see also Thesaurus:old car
- (US, automotive, slang) A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
- He drives a little four-banger to work.
- (curling) One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
- (curling) One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
- (Britain, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.
- (Britain, sexuality, slang) A man's penis.
- (Britain, New Zealand, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.
- Synonym: (Australia) snag
- bangers and mash
- (US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
- 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (page 420)
- Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.
- 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (page 420)
- (Britain, music, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
- 2002, Mike Skinner (lyrics and music), “Let's Push Things Forward”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets:
- My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems
- 2008, Billboard (volume 120, number 32, page 44)
- Morris' melding of influences ranging from mid-'80s computer technology to Baltimore club bangers to the U.K. rave scene has cemented his reputation as one of London's most formidable DJs.
- 2012, Mike Skinner, The Story of The Streets (page 31)
- 'Ice Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials.
- (Britain, slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
- (military, slang) A Bangalore torpedo.
Derived terms
- bear banger
- cod-banger
- old banger
Translations
thing or person which bangs
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firework
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woman's breast — see breast
sausage
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worn-out car
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slang:cylinder — See also translations at cylinder
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member of a gang
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powerfully energetic piece of music
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any particularly good or pleasing thing
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Anagrams
- Bergan, graben
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑŋər
Adjective
banger
- Comparative form of bang
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
banger
- inflection of bang:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Maranao
Verb
banger
- to bite
Synonyms
- bangi'
- bangit