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slam-banging

slam-banging is the present participle and gerund of slam-bang.

Meaning of slam-bang

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To beat noisily.
    • He was forever slam-banging the microphone stand & twisting the cord around himself.1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

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Questions about slam-banging

What is slam-banging the present participle and gerund of?
Slam-banging is the present participle and gerund of slam-bang.

Words near slam-banging in the dictionary

  1. slam the door
  2. SLAM trap
  3. SLAM traps
  4. slam-bang
  5. slam-banged
  6. slam-banging
  7. slam-bangs
  8. slam-clicker
  9. slam-clickers
  10. slam-dance
  11. slam-danced

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