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Nov 17, 2015 · Los Angeles, California. English, USA. Nov 17, 2015. #4. "At the door" in that context would most likely mean "at the front door" or some door where the person is outside the apartment or house, in my opinion. "On the door" could be any door. For example, "Who's that at the door?"
Feb 5, 2022 · English - exIreland. Feb 5, 2022. #7. dojibear said: In mathematics (and computer programming) the symbol ! is sometimes spoken as bang. So text written != could be spoken as bang equals. In this context ! means "not", so != is the same as <> and means "does not equal". That's new to me.
Oct 6, 2008 · Oct 6, 2008. #9. If I am on the money , "bang", "to be bang on" and "on the money" are all idioms with the same meaning, the only difference is that "bang" is used as an adverb. "Bang" means "precisely/exactly" ("Our hotel is bang in the middle of the town") adverb.
Feb 9, 2011 · smack-bang Directly; exactly at a particular place. Usually used to emphasize a prepositional phrase of location, especially "in the middle." There I was, smack-bang in the middle of Taiwan with no money and no way to contact my family. The criminal turned the corner and ran smack-bang into a group of off-duty police officers.
Aug 26, 2009 · "Bing, bang, boom" is intended to show a serious of actions, sort of like saying "presto, change-o!" or "abracadabra!" It suggests a quick and almost automatic process takes place, sort of like saying "and before you knew it..." EDIT: I've also encountered "Bingo-bango!" used in this manner.
Mar 19, 2014 · The other difference from a paper dictionary is that the words are bang up to date. “Since the website went live we will have made 200 changes. And there is plenty more to do,” said Ms Pearsall. Source: Revamp of Oxford Dictionaries website Oxforddictionaries.com has been given a facelift to be more visually pleasing and functioning.
Feb 26, 2007 · Member. Telford/Leeds/Angers. English (UK) Feb 26, 2007. #3. Hmm I think bang the erasers is referring to old-fashioned blackboard-and-chalk erasers (as opposed to whiteboard erasers) where one would perhaps 'bang the erasers' to get the chalk dust out of them? In this sentence itself I don't see any sexual pun, unless what has been said ...
Oct 22, 2022 · English - England. Oct 22, 2022. #2. Bang is onomatopoeia: it the noise of a sudden loud sound. It is usually enclosed in quotation marks and followed by an exclamation mark. "Bang!" went the front door open and shut. Of course, source and context could change this but you have given none.
Aug 24, 2011 · It could be British, basically meaning "a direct hit/right on the button/right on target, my friend". The precise meaning depends on the context. "to bang on (about something)" is to talk at boring, repetitive length about something (so unlikely to be used as an imperative). Edit: "bang on" in the context of the recipe above means "excellent ...
Sep 12, 2013 · Sep 12, 2013. #3. Well, it means exactly what it says. He is hitting women over the head with a large stick. Why he is doing that is anybody's guess - whether he is "hunting them," as you say, or whether that's his idea of flirting, or whether he is just a violent caveman, we don't really know. Don't confuse this with the slang term "banging ...
