shebang

n. Slang
A situation, organization, contrivance, or set of facts or things: organized and ran the whole shebang.

[Origin unknown.]

[possibly a portmanteau of “sharp bang”] The character sequence “#!” that frequently begins executable shell scripts under Unix. Probably derived from “shell bang” under the influence of American slang “the whole shebang” (everything, the works).

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an entire system; used in the phrase"the whole shebang"

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - redelighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
santenkraam, bordeel

Français (French)
n. - situation (fam), organisation, machination

Deutsch (German)
n. - (slang) Angelegenheit, Hütte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ, αργκό) παράγκα, δουλειά, υπόθεση

Italiano (Italian)
questione, affare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - negócio (m), casa de jogo (f), bar (m)

Русский (Russian)
хижина

Español (Spanish)
n. - choza, cabaña, asunto, cosa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sak, affär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
事情, 陋屋, 工作

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 事情, 陋屋, 工作

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뼈대, 판잣집, 파티

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 当面の事情, 掘っ建て小屋, 騒ぎ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسأله, مؤسسه, كوخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דבר, עניין, עסק, מצב, צריף‬

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