/bæŋ(ɡ)z/
OriginFrom 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”).
- form-of, plural, plural-normallyplural of bang
- Philippines, US, plural, plural-normallyHair hanging over the forehead.
- US, plural, plural-normallyA hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
- uncountableBrucellosis, a bacterial disease.
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of bang
Formsbang(singular) · Bangses(plural)