Definitions

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  • noun Hair cut so as to hang down over the forehead.
  • noun Plural form of bang.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bang.

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Examples

  • Oh! And also, just trimming the bangs is SO MUCH DIFFERENT than going whole-hog and cutting all the curls off.

    Hey There, Delilah | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • I’d like to think that, when no one is looking, Obama rocks out to Bad Brains and McCain bangs his head to Slayer.

    Obama v. McCain: Favorite Music | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008

  • Fringe, commonly referred to as bangs, is any hair that frames the face.

    Clyde Elezi: Hairstyles: Making Sense of Beauty Buzz Words Clyde Elezi 2010

  • PS - I have officially decided the bangs were a mistake.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • PS - I have officially decided the bangs were a mistake.

    Better Late Than Never 2008

  • One place I've been and don't want to go back to: long permed hair and feathered bangs, which is the look I'm sporting in the passport that I got at age 17 the eighties, apparently, came late to the west coast, because this was in 1992.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2007

  • One place I've been and don't want to go back to: long permed hair and feathered bangs, which is the look I'm sporting in the passport that I got at age 17 the eighties, apparently, came late to the west coast, because this was in 1992.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Flavia 2007

  • 'Even if there is a small percentage chance that our troops are not properly trained for every eventuality then we should set aside the fact that for some people the bangs are a little bit loud.'

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Bey sounded real nice however I agree that her bangs are a bit too long … I hate this wig period! why are yall always hating on beyonce she is very talented!

    Bossip.com 2010

  • She is still a baby and barely even has any hair, I cut her bangs, that is all she needs.

    True Wife Confessions 2009

  • Part of the fun: backfiring pickup trucks, or “utes,” that are turned on and off to create fiery explosions called key bangs.

    First Comes Snapchat, Then the Bachelor and Spinster Ball By 2019

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  • Another name for brucellosis.

    September 17, 2008

  • BrE: fringe

    September 20, 2008