banging

Other forms of banging

plural

bangings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about banging

What does banging mean?

banging means "a continuing very loud noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in banging?

banging has 2 syllables: ban-ging. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbæŋɪŋ/.

What is another word for banging?

Close synonyms include battering, humongous, thumping, whopping, walloping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banging a common word?

banging is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.