ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Headbanging

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Headbanging is a noun meaning A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. (psychology, autism) The motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.
  2. present participle and gerund of headbang
  3. Extremely frustrating.

Example Sentences

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.?

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beatdown, headbutt, thrashing, banger, throwdown, head butt.

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