- (informal, especially British English) exactly; completely
- Our computers are bang up to date.
- My estimate was bang on target.
- You’re bang on time, as usual
Word Originmid 16th cent.: imitative, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse bang ‘hammering’.
Idioms
See bang in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybang goes something
- (British English, informal) used when you say that something you hoped to have or achieve is no longer possible
- Bang went my hopes of promotion.
bang to rights (British English)
(North American English dead to rights)
- (informal) with definite proof that you have committed a crime, so that you cannot claim to be innocent
- We've got you bang to rights handling stolen property.
go bang
- (informal) to explode or burst (= break apart) with a loud noise; to make a sudden loud noise
- A balloon suddenly went bang.
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