Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BANG, v.t. [Dan. banker, to beat; G. bängel, a club, and the clapper of a bell; D. bengel, a bell; Ir. beanaim, to beat.]

1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to thump; to cudgel. [A low word.]
2. To beat or handle roughly; to treat with violence. – Shak.