Word info

bang-bang

Adjective

Meaning

(control theory) Applied to a kind of feedback control, or controller, that switches abruptly between two states.

(baseball) Of a play, very close between being an out and being safe.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

bang bang

Examples

Roberto Clemente threw me out on a bang-bang play at third. I should have remembered what a tremendous arm he had. Roberto Clemente

Thematically, I like to write quiet stories. I'm not a bang-bang kind of writer. I love, love Shirley Jackson. Stuff that is slow and builds up layer by layer. Sometimes my mother makes fun of me because of that. She'd rather that I have more shooting and spaceships going woooosh. Silvia Moreno-Garcia

But honestly, design-wise, it's a subpar substitute for a ghost-faced, giant cactus yelling "PRICKLY BANG-BANG" and punching enemies in the face with comically-sized boxing gloves. Source: Internet

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