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club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.

See Bhang.

Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] Forby.

India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.

A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc.

A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop. [Slang,U.S.]

With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. [Colloq.]

Slightly angular.

To beat or bang. [Prov. & Low, Eng.] Todd.

ndian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room." Swift.

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." W. Irving.