bangs
See also: Bangs
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Etymology 1 edit
From bang (“to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]”), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (“to strike noisily, explode”).
Noun edit
bangs pl (normally plural, singular bang)
- plural of bang
- (chiefly US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.
- (chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
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hair that hangs down over the forehead
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Verb edit
bangs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bang
Etymology 2 edit
Shortened from Bang's disease.
Noun edit
bangs (uncountable)
- Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Hyphenation: bangs
Noun edit
bangs
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Noun edit
bangs m