# 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: /ˈbæŋ.ə(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

banger (plural bangers)
* A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
** (British) 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.
** (music, slang) A powerfully energetic and/or very good song, especially in hip-hop and 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.
** (slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
*** (Internet slang, also attributive) A good or popular post.
    can’t stop getting bangers
** (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.
* (British, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.
** 2010, Emily Herbert, Gok Wan: The Biography:[…] 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.
* (British, sexuality, slang) A man's penis.
* (British, New Zealand, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.
    Synonym: (Australia) snag
    Coordinate term: 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.
* (military, slang) A Bangalore torpedo.

#### Synonyms

* (breast): See Thesaurus:breasts.

#### Derived terms

* banger race
* banger racing
* bear banger
* Bible banger
* cod-banger
* earbanger
* headbanger
* old banger

#### Descendants

* → Estonian: bänger
* → Finnish: bängeri

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Bergan, graben

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑŋər

### Adjective

banger
* comparative degree 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