banger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bangers
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.
Senses: glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
A firework that makes a bang.
examples: text: He is also a former international chick banger.
ref: 2008, Dewan Gibson, The Imperfect Enjoyment, page 177:
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
A person who has sex.
coordinate_terms: bang
gangbang
gangbanger
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
synonyms: word: bucket
word: beater
word: hooptie
word: jalopy
word: wreck
word: crock
word: shitbox
word: rustbucket
word: banger
word: beater
word: bucket of bolts
word: bucket of rust
word: clunker
word: crate
word: crock
word: flivver
word: hooptie
word: jalopy
word: junker
word: lemon
word: old banger
word: rattletrap
word: rustbucket
word: shed
word: shitbox
word: shitpot
word: shitcan
word: shitbucket
word: tin Lizzie
word: wreck
examples: text: He drives a little four-banger to work.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
examples: text: My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems
ref: 2002, Mike Skinner, “Let's Push Things Forward”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets:
text: 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.
ref: 2008, Billboard, volume 120, number 32, page 44:
text: 'Ice Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials.
ref: 2012, Mike Skinner, The Story of The Streets, page 31:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
A powerfully energetic and/or very good song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.
synonyms: heater
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
examples: text: can’t stop getting bangers
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
A good or popular post.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
examples: text: […] 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.
ref: 2010, Emily Herbert, Gok Wan: The Biography:
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A woman's breast.
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A man's penis.
topics: food
lifestyle
synonyms: word: snag
coordinate_terms: bangers and mash
glosses: A sausage.
examples: text: Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.
ref: 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 420:
qualifier: crime
glosses: Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A Bangalore torpedo.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A spectacular goal.
Synonyms: sense: breast
word: breasts
Derived terms: banger race
banger racing
bear banger
Bible banger
cod-banger
earbanger
headbanger
old banger
wrist banger