banger

Noun

banger (plural bangers)

1. (UK) A firework that makes a bang.
2. (slang) A person who has sex.
   • He is also a former international chick banger.2008, Dewan Gibson, The Imperfect Enjoyment, page 177
3. (slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.

   Synonyms:

   bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust

4. (US, slang) A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
   • He drives a little four-banger to work.
5. (idiomatic, slang) A powerfully energetic or exceptional song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.
   • My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems2002, Mike Skinner, “Let's Push Things Forward”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets
   • Morris' melding of influences ranging from mid-'80s computer technology to Baltimore club bangers to the U.K. rave scene has cemented his reputation as one of London's most formidable DJs.2008, Billboard, volume 120, number 32, page 44

   Synonyms:

   heater

6. (broadly, slang) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
   • When the only problem a game gives me is that I wish there was more of it, I can confidently say it's a banger.2025 February, Harvey Randall, “Best Tactics 2024: Tactical Breach Wizards”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 42; published online 21 December 2024
7. (Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang) A good or popular post.
   • can’t stop getting bangers
8. One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
9. One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
10. (UK, slang) A woman's breast.
    • […] yet not only was Gok able to tell her that her 'bangers' were amazing: he buried his head in her cleavage. No other man on television would have been able to get away with that.2010, Emily Herbert, Gok Wan: The Biography

    Synonyms:

    breasts

11. (UK, slang) A man's penis.
12. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) A sausage.

    Synonyms:

    snag

13. (slang) A Bangalore torpedo.
14. A spectacular goal.