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Banger

//ˈbæŋ.ə(ɹ)// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; A firework that makes a bang. British
  2. 2
    firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing wordnet
  3. 3
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; A person who has sex. slang

    "He is also a former international chick banger."

  4. 4
    (British informal) pork sausage wordnet
  5. 5
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises. slang
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  1. 6
    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. US, slang

    "He drives a little four-banger to work."

  2. 7
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; A powerfully energetic or exceptional song, especially in hip-hop and dance music. idiomatic, slang

    "My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems"

  3. 8
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; Any particularly good or pleasing thing. broadly, slang
  4. 9
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; Any particularly good or pleasing thing.; A good or popular post. Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang

    "can’t stop getting bangers"

  5. 10
    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.
  6. 11
    A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.; One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
  7. 12
    A woman's breast. British, slang

    "[…] 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."

  8. 13
    A man's penis. British, slang
  9. 14
    A sausage. Australia, British, New-Zealand, slang
  10. 15
    Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang

    "Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream."

  11. 16
    A Bangalore torpedo. slang
  12. 17
    A spectacular goal.

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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