headbanging

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
23
Letters
11

Definition of headbanging

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. (uncountable)A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.
  2. (uncountable)The motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of headbang

adj

  1. (not-comparable)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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Etymology

From head + banging.

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8-letter words

1 word

7-letter words

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

33 words

4-letter words

57 words

3-letter words

60 words

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