banging

n. slamming, booming, thumping

v. beat, strike; make constant noise; cut hair shorter exposing more of the forehead; (Aggressive Slang) engage in sexual intercourse, couple

Noun
1. a continuing very loud noise
(hypernym) noise
2. the act of subjecting to strong attack
(synonym) battering
(hypernym) fight, fighting, combat, scrap
Adjective
1. (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"
(synonym) humongous, thumping, whopping, walloping
(similar) large, big
(classification) colloquialism

Noun
1. a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
(synonym) knock, bash, smash, belt
(hypernym) bump, blow
(derivation) slam
2. a sudden very loud noise
(synonym) clap, eruption, blast, loud noise
(hypernym) noise
(hyponym) water hammer
3. a fringe of banged hair (cut short squarely across the forehead)
(hypernym) hairdo, hair style, coiffure
4. the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
(synonym) boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
(hypernym) exhilaration, excitement
5. a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
(synonym) hit, smash, smasher, strike
(hypernym) success
(hyponym) blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
Verb
1. strike violently; "slam the ball"
(synonym) slam
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) knock, bash, smash, belt
2. to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) clap, eruption, blast, loud noise
3. close violently; "He slammed the door shut"
(synonym) slam
(hypernym) close, shut
4. move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) clap, eruption, blast, loud noise
5. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
(synonym) roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk
(hypernym) copulate, mate, pair, couple
(hyponym) take, have
(verb-group) neck, make out
6. leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"
(synonym) spang
(hypernym) hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
(classification) dialect, idiom, accent
Adverb
1. directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
(synonym) slap, slapdash, smack, bolt
(classification) colloquialism

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bang
  

(a.)
Huge; great in size.
  

1. A common spoken name for "!" (ASCII 33), especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in spoken hackish. In elder days this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and Stanford hackers preferring excl or shriek; but the spread of Unix has carried "bang" with it (especially via the term bang path) and it is now certainly the most common spoken name for "!". Note that it is used exclusively for non-emphatic written "!"; one would not say "Congratulations bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak "Eff oh oh bang".
See pling, shriek, ASCII.
2. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!" Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a thinko immediately after one has been called on it.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)

Synonyms and related words:
blasting, bumping, bursting, cracking, crashing, exploding, explosive, flapping, knocking, popping, rapping, slapping, slatting, spanking, tapping, thumping, thundering, walloping, whacking, whaling, whopping,