Word Finder - banging

definition

To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.

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My head was banging after drinking all night at the concert.

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To hit hard.

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David and Mary banged into each other.

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To engage in sexual intercourse.

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We can hear the couple banging upstairs.

synonyms

• do it
• have sex
• nail

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(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

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Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.

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To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).

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To inject intravenously.

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Do you smoke meth? No, I bang it.

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The action of the verb to bang.

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Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist.

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Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.

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Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!

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Attractive; sexually appealing.

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Huge; great in size.

It took a moment before she realized that the continued sound was actually someone banging on the front door.

The result is usually intermittent banging caused by pockets of steam.

Amid a banging door and stomping feet, Gladys Turnbull entered the kitchen.

If it does, try banging your heel into the floor.

A few of the phenomena that visitors report here include an apparition of a man in an Air Force uniform and sounds of banging and footsteps.

It is an amazing mix of music ranging from dark and brooding to full out heading banging thrillers performed by a wide range of great talent.

Does that mean that the person is addicted to banging their heads against the wall?"

You could be banging on your drums in Detroit, while your pen pal in Vancouver belts out the lyrics on his microphone.

At the age of six months, infants can typically hold on to a small block briefly, and many have started banging objects.

A tantrum is an episode of extreme anger and frustration characterized by crying, screaming, and violent body motions, including throwing things, falling to the floor, and banging one's head, hands, and feet against the floor.

More dramatic movements, involving head banging and rocking, occur in as many as 60 percent of nine-month-old children.

Soon afterwards, the Bell Witch haunting began.Pounding and banging on the shutters awoke the family.

Visitors to each cemetery report groans, sighs and banging sounds from within the aboveground crypts, while those nearing Marie Laveau's tomb snap photos of orbs, apparitions, and strange mists rising from her grave.

For example, a strange banging sound from the basement may simply be air in the pipes rather than a ghost trying to capture the homeowners' attention.

People aren't exactly banging down doors with broken watches, and so you really do need to corner the market if you are going to make a career at it.

In some cases, this can escalate to self-abusive behavior such as biting or banging their head.

It is like banging on the door of a soundproof room.

He's gone ahead and drawn court papers for the first steps to have her declared a looney and I guess he's hinting at the possibility the two of you are banging each other.

An excellent set coped with doors banging, noises off, and moving bookcases without so much of a ripple of the walls.

The next time you're banging your head against this particular brick wall you might find the following ditty helpful.

We marched up the center of the street, shouting, singing, banging drums, dancing and generally making our presence felt.

You just have to stay up to date with who's banging who, or else you become completely socially inept.

There on bended knee, with my heart banging in my chest, I asked Mo ' to marry me.

These guys are more used to banging out 70's punk at full volume but this time they were sat on chairs with acoustic guitars!

Blake the happy-clappy revivalist of Glad Day, banging a tambourine with Michael Horowitz.

I just wish people would quit with the " banging techno " soundtracks.

I'm hot and cold, got a banging head and I just feel yucky.

Just crazy, banging, dark, pulsating beats I suppose !

These guys are more used to banging out 70's punk at full volume but this time they were sat on chairs with acoustic guitars !

Eleanor had to squat down carefully to avoid banging her head on the rafters.

It was designed to stop frequently used typewriter keys banging into each other.

I 'm hot and cold, got a banging head and I just feel yucky.

Pull out pots, pans, spatulas, and spoons, and let your baby have a ball banging, stirring, and just playing with all of these kitchen items.

Remember, people are already banging down the doors of modeling agencies, and many of these places receive literally thousands of submissions per week.

As Dr. Vagdevi Meunier, staff psychologist at the University of Texas, recently said at an IGDA panel, "If you had an autistic child banging their head against the wall over and over again, you might find increased dopamine.

After banging a shin on the low stone wall that encircles the flagstone patio, I finally reached the back door.

Rita Angeltoni, the token skirt, as she referred to herself, was usually there banging on her keyboard or answering the phone while keeping the quartet in line.

That way we shall be saying there is no God--nothing! shouted Nicholas, banging the table--very little to the point as it seemed to his listeners, but quite relevantly to the course of his own thoughts.