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headbang

headbang verb: to engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.

headbang: to engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music
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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 headbang

third-person singular presentheadbangs
present participleheadbanging
past participleheadbanged
pastheadbanged

Origin of headbang

From head + bang. Back-formation from headbanging.

Questions about headbang

What does headbang mean?
Headbang means to engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.
What part of speech is headbang?
Headbang is a verb.
What is the past tense of headbang?
The past tense of headbang is headbanged.

Words near headbang in the dictionary

  1. headband
  2. headbanded
  3. headbander
  4. headbanders
  5. headbands
  6. headbang
  7. headbanged
  8. headbanger
  9. headbangers
  10. headbanging
  11. headbangs

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