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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
headbanging en · ADJ
Etymology
From head + banging.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Extremely frustrating.
Any work of art/propaganda is surely permitted to lie. But Stone's overreachings in JFK are head-banging. How did he get this thing past the Script Dept.?
1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 6:
headbanging en · NOUN
Etymology
From head + banging.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.
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(qualifier:autism, uncountable) The motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.
headbanging en · VERB
Etymology
From head + banging.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of headbang