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bang adverb. L18.
[from BANG verb1.]
With sudden impact; abruptly; explosively (as the conventional imitation of a shot or explosion, lit. & fig.). Freq. in go bang. L18.
O. W. Holmes Bang went the magazine! T. Stoppard Bang goes your credit at the off-licence.
Completely; exactly. Also as a mere intensive. colloq. E19.
bang off slang immediately. bang on slang exactly right, excellent. bang to rights: see RIGHT noun1. bang-up adjective (N. Amer. slang) first-class, splendid.
Times Literary Supplement Bang-up-to-date neutron know-how. E. Crispin Gobbo certainly did leave here that evening bang on time.