Bang vs Baste - What's the difference?
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A sudden percussive noise.
A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
An explosion.
(US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
* W. D. Howells
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(US) The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
(mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
(figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
(slang, mining) An explosive product.
(slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
(label) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
(label) To hit hard.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=
, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
To engage in sexual intercourse.
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* 1972 , (Mario Puzo) and (Francis Ford Coppola), (The Godfather) (film):
(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
(label) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
* The Century Magazine
, directly.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=September 18
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, work=BBC Sport
Precisely.
With a sudden impact.
a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=June 14, author=J.F. Pirro, title=Custom Work, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=He bastes the coat together with thick white thread almost like string, using stitches big enough to be ripped out easily later. }}
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
(by extension) To coat over something
* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=April 20, author=Peter Margasak, title=Almost Famous, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase. }}
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
* Samuel Pepys
As verbs the difference between bang and baste
is that bang is to make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something while baste is to sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.As a noun bang
is a sudden percussive noise.As an adverb bang
is right, directly.As an interjection bang
is a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound.bang
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang .
- Tiffany has long hair and bangs .
- his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang
- An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
- Load the bang into the hole.
Synonyms
* strike, blow * explosion * (hair cut) fringe, bangs * exclamation point, exclamation markAntonyms
* (abrupt left turn) hangVerb
(en verb)- The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
- Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
- His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
Synonyms
* nailAdverb
(en adverb)- The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
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- ''He arrived bang on time.
- Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
Interjection
(en interjection)- He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang !"
Derived terms
* (verb) banger, gangbang * (noun) bang for the buck, big bang * (adverb) bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-upEtymology 2
Shortened from .Anagrams
* English onomatopoeias ----baste
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(bast)citation
Etymology 2
.Verb
(bast)citation
Etymology 3
Perhaps from the cookery sense of baste or from some Scandinavian source. Compare (etyl) (whence (etyl) ). Compare also (etyl) and (etyl)Verb
(bast)- One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.