bangs
bangs Lexical Profile
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• noun
North American A fringe of hair cut straight across or styled to fall over the forehead.
"She decided to get her bangs trimmed before the family portrait was taken."
Plural form of bang; sudden, loud, sharp noises or heavy blows.
"Loud bangs echoed from the construction site across the street all morning."
• verb
To strike or hit something forcefully and noisily (third-person singular present simple of bang).
"The old wooden shutter bangs against the window frame whenever the wind picks up."
Word Nuance & Usage
In North American English, 'bangs' is used as a plural noun to refer to a section of hair cut straight across the forehead; in British and Commonwealth English, this hairstyle is called a 'fringe'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
The hairstyle sense originated in 19th-century American English from the phrase 'bang-tail', referring to the tail of a horse cut straight across.