bangy

plural bangies · alternative banghee · alternative banghy · alternative bhangee · alternative bhangy

1. IndiaA type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.

   The men, to the number of 800, march in single file, and each man occupies a space of six feet, being obliged to carry a bangy containing his provisions, cooking pots, &c. besides his musket, which is tied to the bangy stick.

   1837, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 267

2. IndiahistoricalA kind of parcel post originally carried by this means.

comparative bangier · superlative bangiest

1. Characterized by banging sounds.

   But her performance of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E (whose finale includes Baroque references, like a fugato) at times sounded bangy, although there were lovely moments in the Andante.

   2009 March 3, The New York Times, “Music in Review”, in New York Times

2. Of the nature of a bang.

   The customer states that there are a lot of bangy and clangy noises coming from under the hood.