banging

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɪŋ

Verb

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banging

  1. present participle and gerund of bang

Noun

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banging (countable and uncountable, plural bangings)

  1. The action or sound of something that bangs.
    The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away.
    Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist.
  2. (slang) A session of sexual intercourse.

Adjective

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banging

  1. (slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
    Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
  2. (slang) Attractive; sexually appealing.
  3. (colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.[1]
    • 1871, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen:
      I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie.

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