Hang vs. Bang — What's the Difference?

To fasten from above with no support from below; suspend

A sudden loud noise, as of an explosion.

To suspend or fasten so as to allow free movement at or about the point of suspension

A sudden loud blow or bump.

To execute by hanging

(Informal) A sudden burst of action

Used to express exasperation or disgust

(Slang) A sense of excitement; a thrill

To alter the hem of (a garment) so as to fall evenly at a specified height.

Often bangs A fringe of hair that hangs over the forehead, cut in any of various styles.

To furnish, decorate, or appoint by suspending objects around or about

Variant of bhang.

To hold or incline downward; let droop

To strike heavily and often repeatedly; bump.

(Informal) To make (a turn in a specific direction)

To close suddenly and loudly; slam.

To attach to a wall

To handle noisily or violently

To display by attaching to a wall or other structure

(Informal) To turn in (a specific direction or along a course), especially suddenly

(Informal) To give (a nickname or label) to someone.

Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

To deadlock (a jury) by failing to render a unanimous verdict.

To make a sudden loud, explosive noise.

(Baseball) To throw (a pitch) in such a manner as to fail to break.

To crash noisily against or into something

(Computers) To cause (a computer system) to halt so that input devices, such as the keyboard or the mouse, do not function.

To cut (hair) to form bangs.

To be attached from above with no support from below.

Exactly; precisely

To die as a result of hanging.

Suddenly; abruptly

To remain suspended or poised over a place or an object; hover

Used to indicate the sound of an explosion or collision.

To attach oneself as a dependent or an impediment; cling.

A sudden percussive noise.

To incline downward; droop.

A strike upon an object causing such a noise.

To depend

An explosion.

To pay strict attention

Syn of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.

To remain unresolved or uncertain

The symbol !, known as an exclamation point.

To fit the body in loose lines

(mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!

To be on display, as in a gallery.

An act of sexual intercourse.

(Baseball) To fail to break or move in the intended way, as a curve ball.

An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.

To be imminent; loom

An explosive product.

To be or become burdensome

(slang) An injection, a shot (of a narcotic drug).

(Computers) To be halted, as a computer system, so that input devices do not function

An abrupt left turn.

To spend one's free time in a certain place. Often used with around or out

Strong smell (of)

To pass time idly; loiter. Often used with around or out

(slang) A thrill.

To keep company; see socially. Often used with around or out

(intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

The way in which something hangs.

(ambitransitive) To hit hard.

A downward inclination or slope.

To engage in sexual intercourse.

Particular meaning or significance.

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

(Informal) The proper method for doing, using, or handling something

(transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

A suspension of motion; a slackening.

To inject intravenously.

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

To depress the prices in (a market).

(intransitive) To float, as if suspended.

To excel or surpass.

(intransitive) To veer in one direction.

Right, directly.

To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.

Precisely.

(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

With a sudden impact.

(transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.

A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.

To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide. Category:en:Capital punishment

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

To beat or thump, or to cause (something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

(used in maledictions) To damn.

To have sexual intercourse with; to fuck; - usually used with the male as a subject. Considered vulgar or obscene.

To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.

To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano.

(transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

To have sexual intercourse; to fuck. Considered vulgar and obscene.

(transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).

(transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.

To remain persistently in one's thoughts.

The loud sound produced by a sudden concussion or explosion.

(transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.

A surge of pleasure; a thrill; - usually used in the phrase get a bang out of; as, I always get a bang out of watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump.

To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.

An exclamation point; - used in verbal descriptions of text, in printing and in computer technology; as, his email address is tom bang stanford dot edu (i.e. tom!stanford.edu).

To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

An instance of sexual intercourse; a fuck. Considered vulgar and obscene.

To cause a piece to become vulnerable to capture.

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn; - usually used in the plural; as, her bangs came down almost to her eyes.

To be vulnerable to capture.

See Bhang.

To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.

A vigorous blow;

To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).

A sudden very loud noise

The way in which something hangs.

A fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead)

A mass of hanging material.

The swift release of a store of affective force;

A slackening of motion.

A conspicuous success;

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

Strike violently;

(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.

To produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound;

A grip, understanding.

Close violently;

(colloquial)

Move noisily;

The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.

Have sexual intercourse with;

A hangout.

Leap, jerk, bang;

A person that someone hangs out with.

Directly;

Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Alternative spelling of Hang

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; - often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.

To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; - said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.

To put to death by suspending by the neck; - a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures, trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; - said of a wall, a room, etc.

To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.

To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.

To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one obstinate juror can hang a jury.

To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.

To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.

To hold for support; to depend; to cling; - usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.

To be, or be like, a suspended weight.

To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; - usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.

To lean or incline; to incline downward.

To slope down; as, hanging grounds.

To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground.

To fail to curve, break, or drop as intended; - said of pitches, such as curve balls or sliders.

To cease to operate normally and remain suspended in some state without performing useful work; - said of computer programs, computers, or individual processes within a program; as, when using Windows 3.1, my system would hang and need rebooting several times a day.

The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.

Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.

A sharp or steep declivity or slope.

A special way of doing something;

The way a garment hangs;

A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms

Be suspended or hanging;

Cause to be hanging or suspended;

Kill by hanging;

Let drop or droop;

Fall or flow in a certain way;

Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive;

Give heed (to);

Be suspended or poised;

Hold on tightly or tenaciously;

Be exhibited;

Prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

Decorate or furnish with something suspended;

Be placed in position as by a hinge;

Place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction;

Of meat, in order to get a gamey taste;