Definition of "headbanging" [headbanging]

• A type of dance associated with rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music (noun)
• Present participle of headbang. (verb)

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• "The Tories have three proposals - all "headbanging", to quote Ken Clarke's view of the first."
• "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."
• "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."