Banging
[bæŋɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bang
(a.) Huge; great in size.
Typed by Clyde
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Low.] Huge, large, great.
Editor: Vlad
Examples
- When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And these sounds he rendered yet more fearful, by banging against each other two or three pieces of rusty armour which lay scattered around the hall. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The clashing and banging band attached to the horse-riding establishment, which had there set up its rest in a wooden pavilion, was in full bray. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Meyler's feelings were for once stronger than even his fear of ridicule, and he bounced out of my box, banging the door loudly after him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was instantly a banging of doors and a shout. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If Beaufort-- Archer sprang up, his fist banging down on the black walnut-edge of the writing-table. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Finally, above the banging, and rumbling, and shouting, and hissing of steam rang the order to cast off! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Randall