banging

English

Alternative forms

• bangin' (slang)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

banging

1. present participle and gerund of bang
   • 1972, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Moe Greene (Alex Rocco):

     He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!

Noun

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

banging

1. (slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.

   Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!

   • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah):

     I was thinking maybe there's this banging burrito place in Brixton we could go to.

2. (slang) Attractive; sexually appealing.
3. (colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.
   • 1871, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen:

     I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie.

Translations

excellent

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

Derived terms

• bangingly
• headbanging