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banging

BANG-ing/ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/

6 meanings of banging

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of bang. Use this form for something happening right now or as the name of the action.

    The workers kept banging on the pipes all morning.

    She heard the shutters banging in the wind.

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    A loud knocking or slamming noise, or the act of making it.

    Like the loud sound a door makes when it slams shut.

    The banging on the door woke the whole house.

    All that banging from upstairs gave me a headache.

    Similarknocking, pounding, thumping, hammering, clattering

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  3. 3
    adjectiveslang
    Very good, exciting, or impressive.

    Like saying something is awesome or really cool.

    They threw a banging party for her birthday.

    That concert last night was banging!

    Similargreat, brilliant, awesome, amazing, excellent

    Oppositeterrible, awful, lousy

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  4. 4
    adjectiveslang
    Very good-looking and physically attractive.

    Like saying someone is really good-looking.

    She looked banging in her new outfit.

    Everyone said the lead actor was banging.

    Similarhot, gorgeous, sexy, stunning, fit

    Oppositeugly, unattractive

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  5. 5
    nounslanguncountable
    An act of having sex.

    After their date, the night ended in some serious banging.

    He couldn't stop bragging about the banging afterward.

    Similarsex, shagging, screwing

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  1. 6
    adjectivedated
    Very large in size.

    Like calling something huge or enormous.

    They live in a banging great mansion on the hill.

    I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie.
    1871, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of EnglishmenHere, banging means very big, so a banging lie is a huge lie.

    Similarhuge, whopping, enormous, massive, vast

    Oppositetiny, small

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banging is a form of bang

bang, verb: To hit something hard, often making a loud noise. Full entry

Forms
bangbangs he/she/itbanging -ing formbanged past tense, past participle
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bang → banging: add -ing

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