Bang

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BANGED; p. pr. & vb. n. BANGING.] [Icel. banga, Dan. banke, to beat, Sw. băngas, to be impetuous, Ger. bengel, club, clapper of a bell, Goth. banja, stroke.]

1Sense 1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly; to thump.

This desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks. Shak.

2Sense 2. To surpass or excel. [Low.]

n. A blow with a club; a heavy blow. Swift.

n. [Fr. bangue, banque, Sp. bangue, bange, from Skr. bhangga, hemp, bhang-gā, flax-plant.] An astringent and narcotic drug made from the larger leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), which are chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. Haschish is the resinous exudation of this plant. Dunglison. Johnston.