bangers

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

   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

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