Dictionary

banging en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/ without æ-raising
• /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɪŋ/ æ-raising
• /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/ æ-raising

Meanings

1. (slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
   • I was thinking maybe there's this banging burrito place in Brixton we could go to. 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah):
   • Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
2. (slang) Attractive; sexually appealing.
3. (colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.
   • I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie. 1871, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen:

Forms

Deriveds

headbanging · bangingly · bangingness

Translations (3)

de großartig (excellent) · de stark (excellent) · de toll (excellent)

banging en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/ without æ-raising
• /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɪŋ/ æ-raising
• /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/ æ-raising

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, slang, uncountable) A session of sexual intercourse.

Forms

banging en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/ without æ-raising
• /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɪŋ/ æ-raising
• /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɪŋ/ æ-raising

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bang
   form of bang
   • He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time! 1972, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Moe Greene (Alex Rocco):

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