1. Very large
   "a banging loss";
   - humongous [informal], thumping [informal], whopping [informal], walloping [informal], humungous [informal]
    
2. Excellent, very exciting, great
   "He is a fine banging boy"

1. A continuing very loud noise
   "The banging from the construction site kept the neighbours awake"

1. Strike violently
   "bang the ball";
   - slam
    
2. To produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
   "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
    
3. Close violently
   "He banged the door shut";
   - slam
    
4. Move noisily
   "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
    
5. [vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
   "they banged in the back of the car";
   - sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it [informal], be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed [informal], get it on [informal]
    
6. Leap, jerk, bang
   "Bullets banged into the trees";
   - spang

Derived forms: bangings

See also: big, large

Type of: close, collide with, copulate, couple, go, hit, impact, impinge on, locomote, mate, move, noise, pair, run into, shut, sound, strike, travel

Encyclopedia: Banging