"headbang" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: headbangs [present, singular, third-person], headbanging [participle, present], headbanged [participle, past], headbanged [past]
Etymology: From head + bang. Back-formation of headbanging. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|bang}} head + bang, {{back-formation|en|headbanging}} Back-formation of headbanging Head templates: {{en-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.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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