SHEBANG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shebang mean? 

• SHEBANG (noun)
  The noun SHEBANG has 1 sense:

1. an entire system; used in the phrase 'the whole shebang'

  Familiarity information: SHEBANG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEBANG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An entire system; used in the phrase 'the whole shebang'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("shebang" is a kind of...):

scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)

 Context examples 

They'll be machinery enough an' hands enough to do it all in decent workin' hours, an' Mart, s'help me, I'll make yeh superintendent of the shebang—the whole of it, all of it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"If I didn't bowl up, I'd break loose an' burn down the shebang. My bowlin' up is all that saves 'em, I can tell you that."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Beats a washboard an' your knuckles, and, besides, it saves at least fifteen minutes in the week, an' fifteen minutes ain't to be sneezed at in this shebang."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)