bang out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

bang out (third-person singular simple present bangs out, present participle banging out, simple past and past participle banged out)

1. (idiomatic) To do something quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner.

   I've got this paper due tomorrow, but I think I can bang it out in one night.

   The band were banging out a vaguely recognisable version of the Star Spangled Banner.

Usage notes

• The object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

Translations

to do something quickly

• French: bâcler (fr), traiter par dessous la jambe (fr), torcher (fr)
• German: zusammenschustern (physical product), herauswürgen (something immaterial yet concrete, e.g., song, speech), zusammenstöpseln
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: chapucear (es)

Noun

bang out (plural bang outs)

1. (slang) Someone who works or studies seemingly way too much.

Jamie finished the paper and did all the homework. He's such a bang out.

Anagrams

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