banging

English

Alternative forms

bangin' (slang)

Pronunciation

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(US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/
Rhymes: -æŋɪŋ

Verb

banging

present participle of bang
- He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time! - Alex Rocco in the movie The Godfather

Noun

banging (countable and uncountable, plural bangings)

The action of the verb to bang.
The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away.

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

Adjective

banging

(slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
(colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.
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Translations

excellent

German: toll (de), stark (de), großartig (de)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for banging in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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