bangbang 1n A knotch in wood such as a step on a pole ladder. 2v To make knotches such as in a house pole or coconut tree or in palm wood for cultivating edible grubs. Ka alibutod, ogbangbangan; oggalongon. As for grubs, one makes knotches in [the wood]; it is grooved. [Various kinds of knotches are made for different purposes and have different names.] see fr.: galong 2; spec: golì.