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Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)To do (something)quickly, in aslipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing.I've got this paper due tomorrow, but I think I canbang it outin one night.The band werebanging outa vaguely recognisable version of the Star Spangled Banner.2001May 25, Caroline Sullivan, “Bubblegum punk from the Donnas”, inThe Guardian[1]:Theybang outbubblegum punk that couldn't be more reductive if Joey Ramone himself were hovering over their shoulders with his Gabba Gabba Hey! sign.2019February 24, Barbara Ellen, “Amy Winehouse could belt out a tune – her naff hologram can’t”, inThe Guardian[2]:Punters put up with all this for the thrill of seeing someone perform live – not for a ghoulish sanitised projection, soullesslybanging outthe hits.; (intransitive,aviation,slang)Toeject.2010, Tony Doyle,Flying at the Edge,→ISBN, page253:The pilot promptlybanged outand the aircraft flew almost as far as the airfield, eventually crashing into a farmer's field.; (transitive,British,printing)Tocelebrate(a fellowprintingornewspaperindustryworker) to mark theircompletionof anapprenticeshipor theirretirementby (formerly) hittingmetalfurniturein the printing room or (more recently) hitting one'sdeskin thenewsroom.2008June 26, “Hill and Dryden off with a bang”, inThe Guardian[3]:As Hill left, his colleagues on the foreign desk started tobanghimout– the traditional printers' farewell that involves thumping the desk as loudly as possible. According to reports the whole of the Telegraph's vast multimedia newsroom, said to be the largest in Europe, was shaking as staffbanged outyet another colleague.; (transitive)Tobeat up(someone).
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