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head bang

head bang is the alternative form of headbang.

Meaning of headbang

Verb

headbang (third-person singular simple present headbangs, present participle headbanging, simple past and past participle headbanged)

  1. To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.
    • The beat was deafeaning,^([sic]) raucous and rowdy, and Karen began headbanging spectacularly. Jay watched her hair fly for a moment, then turned their attention back to what had happened to the dancefloor.2023 August 2, HarryBlank, “Act Your Age”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2024
  2. (autism) To strike one's head forward against a surface.

Forms of head bang

pluralhead bangs

Questions about head bang

What is head bang the alternative form of?
Head bang is the alternative form of headbang.

Words near head bang in the dictionary

  1. head
  2. head and ears
  3. head and shoulders
  4. head band
  5. head bands
  6. head bang
  7. head bangs
  8. head beetler
  9. head beetlers
  10. head binding
  11. head blight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: head bang (page history and authors); headbang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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