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banger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæŋ.ɚ/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɹ̩] æ-raising
  • [ˈbæŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbæŋ.ɹ̩] without æ-raising
  • [ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɹ̩] æ-raising
  • /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɚ/ æ-raising
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbæŋ.ə] (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɚ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈbæŋ.ə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)

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.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ A firework that makes a bang.
  2. (slang) A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ A person who has sex.
    • He is also a former international chick banger. 2008, Dewan Gibson, The Imperfect Enjoyment, page 177:
  3. (slang) A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
  4. (US, slang) 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.
    • He drives a little four-banger to work.
  5. (idiomatic, slang) A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ A powerfully energetic or exceptional song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.
    • 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. 2008, Billboard, volume 120, number 32, page 44:
    • My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems 2002, Mike Skinner, “Let's Push Things Forward”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets:
    • 'Ice Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials. 2012, Mike Skinner, The Story of The Streets, page 31:
  6. (broadly, slang) A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
    • 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. 2025 February 14, Harvey Randall, “Best Tactics 2024: Tactical Breach Wizards”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 42; published online 21 December 2024:
  7. (Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang) A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ Any particularly good or pleasing thing. ▸ A good or popular post.
    • can’t stop getting bangers
  8. 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.
  9. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense. ▸ One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
  10. (UK, 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. 2010, Emily Herbert, Gok Wan: The Biography:
  11. (UK, slang) A man's penis.
  12. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang) A sausage.
  13. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, qualifier:crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
    alt of gangbanger
    • Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream. 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 420:
  14. (slang) A Bangalore torpedo.
  15. A spectacular goal.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bangers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

gangbang · bangers and mash · gangbanger · bang

Deriveds

banger racing · headbanger · Bible banger · banger race · cod-banger · earbanger · wrist banger · bear banger · old banger

Descendants

bänger · bängeri

Synonyms

shitcan · shitbox · jalopy · jalopy · banger · beater · bucket of bolts · heater · rattletrap · shed · wreck · shitbucket · crock · breasts (breast) · snag · crock · rustbucket · bucket · crate · junker · hooptie · clunker · beater · wreck · bucket of rust · tin Lizzie · rustbucket · lemon · shitpot · flivver · old banger · shitbox · hooptie · gas guzzler

Translations (31)

fi makkara (sausage) · ru хлопу́шка (firework) · es rolona (very good piece of music) · cs pecka (very good piece of music) · nl worstje (sausage) · fi bängeri (very good piece of music) · fi nussija (thing or person which bangs) · cs hit (very good piece of music) · bg кренвирш (sausage) · fr tube (very good piece of music) · fi paukkupommi (firework) · de Brett (very good piece of music) · es golazo (a spectacular goal in football) · es temazo (very good piece of music) · pl gangster (member of a gang) · fi jytä (very good piece of music) · fi hässijä (thing or person which bangs) · fi pytty ((slang) cylinder — see also cylinder) · bg фойерверк (firework) · cmn 神曲 (very good piece of music) · sv panglåt (very good piece of music) · it petardo (firework) · fi jengiläinen (member of a gang) · pt golaço (a spectacular goal in football) · ja 神曲 (very good piece of music) · fi panomies (thing or person which bangs) · fi paukuttaja (thing or person which bangs) · pl gangus (member of a gang) · sv dängare (very good piece of music) · fi rock (any particularly good or pleasing thing) · fi panija (thing or person which bangs)