Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Huge; great; surpassing in size.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Huge; great in size.
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- verb Present participle of
bang . - noun The action of the verb
to bang . - adjective slang
Excellent ,brilliant , veryexciting ,top ,great . - adjective colloquial, dated Huge; great in size.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used informally) very large
- noun the act of subjecting to strong attack
- noun a continuing very loud noise
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Examples
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One year I fell part way down an Idaho mountain banging the scope so hard that the windage cap was jammed onto the scope and had to be removed with pliers.
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One year I fell part way down an Idaho mountain banging the scope so hard that the windage cap was jammed onto the scope and had to be removed with pliers.
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Officials in County Durham had to call in a psychic to remove a ghost, after the tenants heard banging from the loft, saw items fly across rooms and had doors slammed in their faces.
British officials paid for ghost eviction « Urban Fantasy Land 2008
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` ` Me and Mike Tomlin banging on the glass for those guys, it's exciting, '' said Morris, who also attended Game 7. ...
USATODAY.com 2008
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Dang it, my heart is again banging louder than a marching drum.
Archive 2007-05-01 ____Maggie 2007
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Dang it, my heart is again banging louder than a marching drum.
Water for Elephants (copy) ____Maggie 2007
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October 7th, 2005 at 4: 20 pm what the fuk are you talking about you fucking hic cousin banging neck reddin dickwad, lick my wok coksuka
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Longtime promoter H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler says the recent relaxing of rules, including allowing drivers greater latitude in banging fenders without penalty, might be as important as a resurgence because if Earnhardt "wins five races, and they're dull, it won't do anything.
Return to form for Earnhardt Jr. could rev NASCAR's fortunes 2010
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But this study fits into the media’s current narrative its grooming about old party norms turning on their heads, so you can understand their glee in banging this one out on their keyboard.
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The CFTC alleged that he tried to artificially move futures prices near the very end of daily trading in a maneuver called "banging the close," which involves inundating the market with trading orders.
Big Fine in Metals Case Susan Pulliam 2011
Louises commented on the word banging
Banging the gums. Australian for talking, as used by Ruby Langford Ginibi. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/classic-lnl-ruby-langford-ginibi/3587294
May 21, 2012