Meaning of bang off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fire (a weapon or a shot); to ejaculate.
   informal, transitive
2. To typewrite quickly.
   informal, transitive
3. Of an automated loom: to have the shuttle fail to follow its intended path and bang against other parts of the loom.
   intransitive

Examples

“I banged off a letter of complaint to the local newspaper.”

“The loom may run⟳ well for half an hour, or longer, but as soon as the point⟳ of the cam comes in contact⟳ with the flat place⟳ on the cone a soft pick⟳ is the result⟳, and the shuttle not being driven far enough into the box the loom bangs off on the next pick⟳.”

“If you use⟳ our waterproof bobbins you don't have⟳ any looms banging off because of filling yarn breaking on splintered, cracked and split⟳ bobbins.”

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