"bang off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bangs off [present, singular, third-person], banging off [participle, present], banged off [participle, past], banged off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bang off (third-person singular simple present bangs off, present participle banging off, simple past and past participle banged off)
  1. (transitive, informal) To fire (a weapon or a shot). Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bang_off-en-verb-IjqLfb2n
  2. (transitive, informal) To typewrite quickly. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-bang_off-en-verb-PS35u4dG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 68 25 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 12 66 22
  3. (weaving, intransitive) Of an automated loom: to have the shuttle fail to follow its intended path and bang against other parts of the loom. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Weaving
    Sense id: en-bang_off-en-verb-uifTflo1 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bang off meaning in English (2.6kB)

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