headbanging

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noun

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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Meanings

nounheadbanging (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.
  2. uncountableautismhuman sciencesThe motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of headbang
adjectiveheadbanging (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExtremely 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.?

    1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 6

Origin

From head + banging.

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APA

headbanging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headbanging

MLA

“headbanging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headbanging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headbanging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headbanging.

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