banging

present participle of bang
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as in slamming
to shove into a closed position with force and noise stomped off to his room and banged the door

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Recent Examples of banging She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 From his head-banging guitar solo to his crisp, impressively precise vocals, Thomas delivered male R&B showmanship reminiscent of Maxwell or D’Angelo. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025 In general, avoid banging heavy pots, casserole dishes, and the like on counters. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025 Adults nearby sprinted toward the loud, banging noises. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 The father had a massively fresh gash, from his right wrist, up across his whole hand, from banging and breaking iron and glass, to save his kinfolk. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 The real test is whether Modi can stop someone from banging the table, throwing down their fork, and storming out. Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025 For a change, the future of USC football is not banging. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 Timothy Spall is June’s husband and their four children are played by Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, and Winslet as Julia, ostensively the most successful of the four, who’s forever banging heads with Riseborough’s fussy and tricky sister, Molly. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banging
Verb
  • The job cuts are permanent, and employees will not have bumping rights to other positions.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Few love it as much when leveling the playing field means bumping them down a few notches.
    John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All we were focused on was just containing him, knocking the pocket back, just trying to keep him in the pocket, and forcing the football.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
  • No texts, no phone calls, no IMs—just walking over to their house, knocking on the door, and hanging out together?
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Center fielder Lawrence Butler was the first player to score, slamming a ball into center field during his first at-bat to lead off the first inning.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The instruments detected gravitational waves, faint ripples in space-time produced by the two black holes slamming into each other.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Entrepreneurs Need Healthy Discourse to Thrive Entrepreneurship thrives on ideas colliding.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The play showed Patterson colliding directly with Sellers just as the sophomore signal caller released the ball.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Later that night Plumier demonstrates by swiftly slapping the limp green body of a bullfrog hard across his leg.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Tchervinski can be seen in one of videos of the incident slapping a Black man.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The suit claims irreparable harm and asks the court for immediate injunctive relief shutting the passes down.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ka’iana constantly keeps trying to do stuff, and the door keeps shutting.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The 40th anniversary of John Farnham’s record-smashing 1986 album Whispering Jack will be celebrated with a new musical.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the middle, a president who promised to put both conflicts to bed – and whose talk of a Nobel Peace Prize is smacking up against the reality of the Gaza and Ukraine wars.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Under the hot summer sun, players drip sweat after repeatedly smacking into each other during long, physical practices.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025

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