banging

Verb

bang (third-person singular simple present bangs, present participle banging, simple past and past participle banged)

1. (intransitive) To make sudden loud noises, often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
   • The fireworks banged away all through the night.
2. (ambitransitive) To hit hard.
   • He banged the door shut.
3. To play a drum.
   • He banged his bongo in sync with the band.
4. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
   • We can hear the couple banging upstairs.

   Synonyms:

   nail, do it, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex

5. To hammer or to hit anything hard.
   • Hold the picture while I bang in this nail.
6. (transitive) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
   • His hair banged even with his eyebrows.c. 1883, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Becomin a Zuni

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