banging
The action or sound of something that bangs.
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Elisabeth Lutyens was a fascinating character - one of the very few British Schoenbergian serialists who paid her bills by banging out scores for Hammer and Amicus.
My suspicions were first roused when he started banging on about the nutritional properties of chicken feet on 5Live. I overrode my intuition and now we're here.
And now he's just banging on about the nonsense Sun hypnotism story. If James believes that uncritically, he must also believe their coverage of Hillsborough. This caller has been talking for like 15 minutes, it's v…
“We must study what is ass in order to know what is banging.” -Sun Tzu (probably)
Some papers are banging on about how Zack Polanski changed the words of a hymn during a choir service....
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The action or sound of something that bangs.
The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away.
“They're only banging the immigration drum because, to be unkind, they have been the idiots that the far-right have been attempting to reach. I wouldn't be scared (at the current moment). So neither of these are movements in the same way that the National Party was trying to be.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Loved seeing him leave, he's always banging on about how big a fan he is ,my arse is he”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Green Man - The Mixes EP, by Shut Up and Dance. Originally released back in the days of banging breaks & UK Rave. This classic track was a game changer. Previously only released on vinyl. shutupanddance.bandcamp.com/album/green-... #music #musicians”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hildegard von Blingin' is banging!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just got out of my business unit's monthly "all-hands" meeting. Silver lining: It was a Zoom meeting, so no one could see my face or hear my head banging on my desk.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang) A session of sexual intercourse.
Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist.
“watching the newest season of trigun and banging my head against the wall i love them sm”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
"banging" means: Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"banging" means: Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Elisabeth Lutyens was a fascinating character - one of the very few British Schoenbergian serialists who paid her bills by banging out scores for Hammer and Amicus.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My suspicions were first roused when he started banging on about the nutritional properties of chicken feet on 5Live. I overrode my intuition and now we're here.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And now he's just banging on about the nonsense Sun hypnotism story. If James believes that uncritically, he must also believe their coverage of Hillsborough. This caller has been talking for like 15 minutes, it's very disingenuous.”
— Bluesky· May 2026““We must study what is ass in order to know what is banging.” -Sun Tzu (probably)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Some papers are banging on about how Zack Polanski changed the words of a hymn during a choir service....”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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