Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bang out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: bang out
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.

Transitive verb

verb

Intransitive verb; Slang

verb

To celebrate (a fellow printing or newspaper industry worker) to mark their completion of an apprenticeship or their retirement by (formerly) hitting metal furniture in the printing room or (more recently) hitting one's desk in the newsroom.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To beat up (someone).

Transitive verb

noun

Someone who works or studies seemingly way too much.

Slang

adj

Completely unacceptable.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"I've got this paper due tomorrow, but I think I can bang it out in one night."
"The band were banging out a vaguely recognisable version of the Star Spangled Banner."
"They bang out bubblegum punk that couldn't be more reductive if Joey Ramone himself were hovering over their shoulders with his Gabba Gabba Hey! sign."
"Punters put up with all this for the thrill of seeing someone perform live – not for a ghoulish sanitised projection, soullessly banging out the hits."
"The pilot promptly banged out and the aircraft flew almost as far as the airfield, eventually crashing into a farmer's field."
"As Hill left, his colleagues on the foreign desk started to bang him out – the traditional printers' farewell that involves thumping the desk as loudly as possible. According to reports the whole of the Telegraph's vast multimedia newsroom, said to be the largest in Europe, was shaking as staff banged out yet another colleague."

Etymology

Clipping of bang out of order

Usage

Inflected Forms

bangs out (present, singular) banging out (participle, present) banged out (participle, past) banged out (past) bang outs (plural)

Questions

What does bang out mean?: To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.
Where does bang out come from?: Clipping of bang out of order

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