"banging" meaning in English

See banging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-banging.ogg Forms: bangin' [alternative]
Rhymes: -æŋɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} banging
  1. (slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great. Tags: slang Translations (excellent): toll (German), stark (German), großartig (German)
    Sense id: en-banging-en-adj-kSD5KDwb Disambiguation of 'excellent': 100 0 0
  2. (slang) Attractive; sexually appealing. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-banging-en-adj-V2rQcxSJ
  3. (colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size. Tags: colloquial, dated Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-banging-en-adj-ZgJho1Ek Disambiguation of Size: 0 0 100 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bangingly, headbanging

Noun

IPA: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-banging.ogg Forms: bangings [plural], bangin' [alternative]
Rhymes: -æŋɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} banging (countable and uncountable, plural bangings)
  1. The action or sound of something that bangs. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-banging-en-noun-MQRs1e~l
  2. (slang) A session of sexual intercourse. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-banging-en-noun-TEGHKEHQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 12 6 20 38 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 16 5 11 46 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 12 5 11 53 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 12 4 8 61 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 15 9 10 47 6

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-banging.ogg Forms: bangin' [alternative]
Rhymes: -æŋɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} banging
  1. present participle and gerund of bang Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bang
    Sense id: en-banging-en-verb-wurm~HNj

Inflected forms

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