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Meaning of Banger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbæŋ.ə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.
    British
  2. A firework that makes a bang.
    British
  3. A person who has sex.
    slang
  4. An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
    slang
  5. A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
    US, slang
  6. A powerfully energetic or exceptional song, especially in hip-hop and dance music.
    idiomatic, slang
  7. Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
    broadly, slang
  8. A good or popular post.
    Internet, also, attributive, broadly, slang
  9. One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
  10. One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
  11. A woman's breast.
    British, slang
  12. A man's penis.
    British, slang
  13. A sausage.
    Australia, British, New-Zealand, slang
  14. Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
  15. A Bangalore torpedo.
    slang
  16. A spectacular goal.

Equivalents

Examples

“He is also a former international chick banger.”
“He drives a little four-banger to work.”
“My frequencies are transient and resonate your eardrums / I make bangers, not anthems”
“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.”
“'Ice Ice Baby' was an absolute banger, though, wasn't it? And knowing the history of that song, it had proper rap credentials.”
“can’t stop getting bangers”
“[…] 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.”
“Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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