banger

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæŋ(g)ə(ɹ)/

  Rhymes: -æŋə(r)

Etymology

bang +‎ -er; the sausages were so called because of the risk of explosion if not carefully cooked, due to excessive amounts of water stored inside the sausages to increase their mass and saleability.

Noun

banger (plural bangers)

1. (UK): A firework that makes a bang.
2. (UK, slang) A woman's breast.
3. (UK, New Zealand, slang) A sausage.

   bangers and mash

4. (slang) An old, worn-out car.
5. (US, slang) A cylinder in a car.

   He drives a little four-banger to work.

6. (US, slang) A member of a gang, shortened version of the word gangbanger.

Synonyms

• (sausage): snag (Australia)
• (car): bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck

Translations

firework

• Finnish: paukkupommi

• Italian: petardo (it) m

sausage

• Dutch: worstje (nl) n

• Finnish: makkara (fi)

car

• Finnish: autonrotisko
• French: bagnole (fr) f

• Italian: bagnarola (it) f, carretta (it) f
• Swedish: rishög (sv) c

piston

• Italian: cilindro (it) m

A member of a gang

• Finnish: jengiläinen (fi)

Anagrams

• graben

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Dutch

Adjective

banger

1. comparative form of bang

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German

Adjective

banger

1. inflected form of bang