Definition of BANGER

banger

Meanings

Plural: bangers

Noun

  • (British informal) pork sausage
  • firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • A firework that makes a bang.
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • A person who has sex.
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
  • 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.
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • A powerfully energetic and/or very good song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
  • A good or popular post.
  • 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.
  • A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
  • One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
  • A woman's breast.
  • A man's penis.
  • A sausage.
  • Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
  • A Bangalore torpedo.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

banger, beater, breasts, bucket, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, cracker, crate, crock, firecracker, flivver, heater, hooptie, jalopy, junker, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, snag, tin Lizzie, wreck

Scrabble Score: 9

banger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
banger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
banger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

banger is a valid Words With Friends word