banger

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbæŋ.əː/
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/ˈbæŋ.əː/ · [ˈbæŋ.əː] · /ˈbæŋ.ɚ/ · [ˈbæŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbæŋ.ɹ̩] · /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ/ · [ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɹ̩] · /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɚ/ · [ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɹ̩]

Definition of banger

15 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
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noun

  1. (British)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  2. (slang)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
    “He is also a former international chick banger.”
  3. (slang)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  4. (US, slang)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
    “He drives a little four-banger to work.”
  5. (idiomatic, slang)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
    “My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems”
    “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.”
    “'Ice Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials.”
  6. (broadly, slang)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
    “When the only problem a game gives me is that I wish there was more of it, I can confidently say it's a banger.”
  7. (Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang)A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
    “can’t stop getting bangers”
  8. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  9. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  10. (British, slang)A woman's breast.
    “[…] yet not only was Gok able to tell her that her 'bangers' were amazing: he buried his head in her cleavage. No other man on television would have been able to get away with that.”
  11. (British, slang)A man's penis.
  12. (Australia, British, New-Zealand, slang)A sausage.
  13. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang)Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
    “Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.”
  14. (slang)A Bangalore torpedo.
  15. A spectacular goal.

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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.

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