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Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Hindi bahaṅgī, Maratha baṅgī; Sanskrit vihaṅgamā and vihaṅgikā”)
Noun
bangy (plural bangies)
- (India) A type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.
1837, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 267: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.
- (India, historical) A kind of parcel post originally carried by this means.
Etymology 2
From bang + -y.
Adjective
bangy (comparative bangier, superlative bangiest)
- Characterized by banging sounds.
2009 March 3, The New York Times, “Music in Review”, in New York Times: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.
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