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headbanging

noun

Etymology

From head + banging.

Definitions

  1. A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is…

    A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.

  2. The motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.

  3. present participle and gerund of headbang

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Extremely frustrating.

      • Any work of art/propaganda is surely permitted to lie. But Stone's overreachings in JFK are head-banging. How did he get this thing past the Script Dept.?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA