bangarang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole bangarang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋ.ə.ɹæŋ/

Noun

bangarang (countable and uncountable, plural bangarangs)

A commotion.
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 665:
  —It funny how nobody come to check out what going on, specially with all the bangarang going on in here.
A disturbance or argument.
Rubbish; miscellaneous items.

Further reading

OED (online) 2007

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