Definitions
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- noun A type of dance associated with rock or
heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music - verb Present participle of
headbang .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Tories have three proposals - all "headbanging", to quote Ken Clarke's view of the first.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk David Miliband 2009
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When I was finally old enough to explore the punk scene myself, one of my first shows took place at a ditching party organized disobedience at its finest in the backyard of a house in East L.A. There's something about moshing and headbanging that just melts the stress away.
Voto Latino: AMP: Alice Bag's Chicana Punk Story Hits Home Voto Latino 2011
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But the headbanging baby is made for Glasto.2 Fox anchor cracks up at 'fart story'It "created contact of a provoking nature".3 Flying carp attacks kidsHow to make whale hunting look genteel.
Guardian Viral Video Chart: A badass baby and Foxy farts 2011
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Meticulous stop-motion work with “Whiplash” by Metallica as performed by a band in “Lego City” goes someway to capture the energy of the song complete with a headbanging audience and crowd-surfer.
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We've checked, and it's been a good old while since we last had a headbanging, expletive-loving baby at the crest of our Viral Video Chart.
Guardian Viral Video Chart: A badass baby and Foxy farts 2011
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When I was finally old enough to explore the punk scene myself, one of my first shows took place at a ditching party organized disobedience at its finest in the backyard of a house in East L.A. There's something about moshing and headbanging that just melts the stress away.
Voto Latino: AMP: Alice Bag's Chicana Punk Story Hits Home Voto Latino 2011
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Part of what makes "Once in a Lifetime" more than just a historical curiosity is the jaundiced wit with which the characters comment on the headbanging craziness that surrounds them.
All Talking! All Laughing! Terry Teachout 2012
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We've checked, and it's been a good old while since we last had a headbanging, expletive-loving baby at the crest of our Viral Video Chart.
Guardian Viral Video Chart: A badass baby and Foxy farts 2011
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When I was finally old enough to explore the punk scene myself, one of my first shows took place at a ditching party organized disobedience at its finest in the backyard of a house in East L.A. There's something about moshing and headbanging that just melts the stress away.
Voto Latino: AMP: Alice Bag's Chicana Punk Story Hits Home Voto Latino 2011
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But the headbanging baby is made for Glasto.2 Fox anchor cracks up at 'fart story'It "created contact of a provoking nature".3 Flying carp attacks kidsHow to make whale hunting look genteel.
Guardian Viral Video Chart: A badass baby and Foxy farts 2011
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