banging out

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.
   • I've got this paper due tomorrow, but I think I can bang it out in one night.
2. (intransitive, slang) To eject.
   • The pilot promptly banged out and the aircraft flew almost as far as the airfield, eventually crashing into a farmer's field.2010, Tony Doyle, Flying at the Edge, →ISBN, page 253
3. (UK, transitive) To celebrate (a fellow printing or newspaper industry worker) to mark their completion of an apprenticeship or their retirement by (formerly) hitting metal furniture in the printing room or (more recently) hitting one's desk in the newsroom.
   • As Hill left, his colleagues on the foreign desk started to bang him out – the traditional printers' farewell that involves thumping the desk as loudly as possible. According to reports the whole of the Telegraph's vast multimedia newsroom, said to be the largest in Europe, was shaking as staff...2008 June 26, “Hill and Dryden off with a bang”, in The Guardian
4. (transitive) To beat up (someone).

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