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bang·er

(băng′ər)

n. Chiefly British

1. A sausage.

2. A noisy old car.

3. A firework that explodes with a sudden loud noise.

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banger

(ˈbæŋə)

1. (Cookery) slang a sausage

2. (Automotive Engineering) informal

a. an old decrepit car

b. (as modifier): banger racing.

3. a type of firework that explodes loudly

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bang•er

(ˈbæŋ ər)

n.

1. one that bangs.

2. Brit. sausage.

[1650–60]

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Noun	1.	banger - (British informal) pork sausage colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech pork sausage - sausage containing pork Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	banger - firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing firecracker, cracker cannon cracker - a large firecracker cherry bomb - a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. whizbang, whizzbang - a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion

Translations

الْعاب ناريّه مُدَوِّيَه

petarda

fyrværkerikanonslag

Knallen Wurstbrötchen

jengiläinenmakkara

bagnole pétard

kínverji

macinino petardo salsiccia

fyrverkeri

patlangaç

烟火爆竹

banger

[ˈbæŋəʳ] (Brit) N

1. (= sausage) → salchicha f

2. (= firework) → petardo m

3. (= old car) → armatoste m, cacharro m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

banger

[ˈbæŋə^r] n

(British) (= car) → tacot m
His car's an old banger → Sa voiture est un vieux tacot.

(British) (= sausage) → saucisse f
bangers and mash → les saucisses à la purée

(= firework) → pétard m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

banger

(Brit inf: = sausage) → Wurst f

(inf: = old car) → Klapperkiste f (inf)

(Brit: = firework) → Knallkörper m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

banger

[ˈbæŋəʳ] n (Brit) (fam)

a. (sausage) → salsiccia

b. (firework) → mortaretto

c. (old car) → macinino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bang

(bӕŋ) noun

1. a sudden loud noise. The door shut with a bang.

2. a blow or knock. a bang on the head from a falling branch.

verb

1. to close with a sudden loud noise. He banged the door.

2. to hit or strike violently, often making a loud noise. The child banged his drum; He banged the book down angrily on the table.

3. to make a sudden loud noise. We could hear the fireworks banging in the distance.

banger noun

an explosive firework. The child was frightened by the bangers at the firework display.

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Birmingham's Chris Murphin made the trek from the Midlands worthwhile with a victory in his Peugeot, while in Birmingham, at the Wheels Raceway, it was the National Bangers who warmed up the fans with three delightfully destructive events.

Stock car Racing: Lizzy stars in asuper Nova

Powerful rockets, mortar shells, large bangers and Chinese crackers are to be outlawed from Wednesday.

Crackdown on the killer fireworks

Also, good sausages don't need to be pricked, but old-fashioned bangers contained lots of water, so if you didn't prick them they exploded in the pan - hence the term 'banger'.

GET SOME PORK ON YOUR FORK; FOOD NOTES; British Sausage week ends today - see it out with a bang(er)

Among the ten battling bangers at Birmingham's Hotel Du Vin was a pork, honey and wholegrain mustard offering from Michael Bachyk, of Wolverhampton butchers Michael Kirk, and the Hatton Sausage from Farmers Fayre, in Kenilworth.