Hypertext Webster Gateway: "banging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Banging \Bang"ing\, a.
Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] --Forby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bang \Bang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Banging}.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to
beat, Sw. b[*a]ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper
of a bell.]
1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence;
to handle roughly.
The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
--Shak.
2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or
strike against another object, in such a way as to make a
loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door
(against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
banging
adj : being or resembling the noise of things striking or bumping
together repeatedly
n 1: a continuing very loud noise
2: the act of subjecting to strong attack [syn: {battering}]
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