banging

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of bang
    He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time! 1972, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Moe Greene (Alex Rocco)

noun

  1. The action or sound of something that bangs.
    The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away.
    Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist.
  2. (slang) A session of sexual intercourse.

adj

  1. (slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
    Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
    I was thinking maybe there's this banging burrito place in Brixton we could go to. 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah)
  2. (slang) Attractive; sexually appealing.
  3. (colloquial, dated) Huge; great in size.
    I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie. 1871, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen

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