banging

verb

present participle of bang
1
as in bumping
to come into usually forceful contact with something the toy car banged into the wall and stopped

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2
as in knocking
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner idly banged trees with a stick

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3
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 Fast-forward five centuries later to modern-day Seattle, and Liz is forever banging her head hearing her husband's persistent little cough. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Your plumber can also make sure pipes are well secured so the banging stops. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026 Support for Infantino Eto’o is not the only person banging the drum for Infantino in what’s become an increasingly fractured landscape. — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 On Sunday, residents of Jaimanitas, a neighborhood in the capital, took to the streets banging pots and pans to protest after 25 hours without electricity. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 These were people who would insist that their American passenger ride in the cab of a trade truck rather than stand in the open back with 20 passengers banging into each other and a couple of goats for hours. — Ethan Gologor, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 In the building across the street, an old woman came out onto her balcony in a nightgown, a toddler in tow, and began banging a pot. — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026 Where grass grows right up to a tree’s trunk, the lawnmower will inevitably follow, banging and chipping the bark or scalping bark off roots that are exposed above the soil. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 In several municipalities, particularly in Havana, residents staged neighborhood protests after blackouts lasting more than 48 hours, banging pots and pans and burning garbage piled up on street corners. — Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banging
  1. bumping
  2. knocking
  3. slamming
  4. colliding
  5. slapping
  6. shutting
  7. smashing
  8. smacking
Verb
  • Bonhams is bumping its buyer’s premium up to 30 percent from 28 percent for bids of £25,000 ($33,700) or less.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Still, with the right conditions, getting close to beds without bumping deer becomes much easier.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bumping
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  • While significantly smaller than Nvidia, Google or Apple, Broadcom shares are knocking on a $2 trillion valuation.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Prince was able to free the ATV and accelerated toward the deputy, striking him and knocking him to the ground.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocking
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  • Meanwhile, Talarico is barnstorming the state, slamming Republicans mostly on kitchen table issues like stubborn inflation and the price of gas that has skyrocketed due to Trump’s war with Iran.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There was little time for anyone to flee as flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • So Pioneer 11 pioneered the way through Saturn's outer rings, going where no spacecraft had gone before — and nearly colliding with a small moon along the way.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • To study quark-gluon plasma, CERN scientists have generated this plasma by colliding heavy nuclei such as lead.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • At the weigh-ins and face-off for the IBF heavyweight championship fight, Itauma shoved Hrgovic off the stage and the latter retaliated by slapping the former's face.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Already, Skubal’s joining in on pregame handshake lines and slapping the dugout railing in time to Roki Sasaki’s warm-up music.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of slapping
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  • As the company was shutting its doors in 2022, Gelman opened the Six Bells in Cobble Hill, a country-style home goods store with kitchenware, antiques, and products from local small brands.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Mullin and Chu are also leading a coalition of 37 lawmakers across the country in calling upon NARA for more information about why the agency is shutting the facilities.
    — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of shutting
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  • Bland said officers were dispatched after a 911 caller reported that Garcia had been walking down the street with a baseball bat, smashing car windows.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Nvidia guided for 70% revenue growth in fiscal-year 2028, smashing estimates of 40%.
    — Benzinga, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of smashing
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  • Carrington was ejected from the game in the first half after smacking Cunningham across the face during Cunningham's layup attempt.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Catcher Daniel Susac followed up Wednesday’s two-home-run game by smacking a two-run shot, and the Giants bullpen didn’t break down while protecting a 4-1 victory.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of smacking

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“Banging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banging. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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