banger

plural bangers

1. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
   1. UKA firework that makes a bang.
   2. slanglifestyleA person who has sex.

      He is also a former international chick banger.

      2008, Dewan Gibson, The Imperfect Enjoyment, page 177

   3. slangautomotiveAn old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.

      Synonyms: bucket, beater, hooptie, jalopy, wreck, crock, shitbox, rustbucket

   4. USslangautomotiveA car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.

      He drives a little four-banger to work.

   5. idiomaticslangentertainmentA powerfully energetic or exceptional song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.

      My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems

      2002, Mike Skinner, “Let's Push Things Forward”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets

      2 more examples

      Morris' melding of influences ranging from mid-'80s computer technology to Baltimore club bangers to the U.K. rave scene has cemented his reputation as one of London's most formidable DJs.

      2008, Billboard, volume 120, number 32, page 44

      'Ice Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials.

      2012, Mike Skinner, The Story of The Streets, page 31

      Synonyms: heater

   6. broadlyslangAny particularly good or pleasing thing.

      When the only problem a game gives me is that I wish there was more of it, I can confidently say it's a banger.

      2025 February 28, Harvey Randall, “Best Tactics 2024: Tactical Breach Wizards”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 42; published online 21 December 2024

   7. InternetalsoattributivebroadlyslangA good or popular post.

      can’t stop getting bangers

   8. ball gamesOne of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
   9. ball gamesOne of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
2. UKslanglifestyleA woman's breast.

   […] yet not only was Gok able to tell her that her 'bangers' were amazing: he buried his head in her cleavage. No other man on television would have been able to get away with that.

   2010, Emily Herbert, Gok Wan: The Biography

   Synonyms: breasts

3. UKslanglifestyleA man's penis.
4. AustraliaNew ZealandUKslangfoodA sausage.

   Synonyms: snag

5. USabbreviationclippingslangcrimeClipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.

   Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.

   2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 420

6. slanggovernmentA Bangalore torpedo.
7. ball gamesA spectacular goal.