bangs
pronunciation
How to pronounce bangs in British English: UK ['bæŋz]
How to pronounce bangs in American English: US ['bæŋz]
Word Origin
- bangs (n.)
- "hair cut straight across the forehead," 1878 (singular), American English, attested from 1870 of horses (bang-tail), perhaps from notion of abruptness (as in bang off "immediately, without delay," though this expression is attested only from 1886). See bang.