bang out

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== bang out (third-person singular simple present bangs out, present participle banging out, simple past and past participle banged out) (transitive, idiomatic) To do (something) quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner, especially performing or composing music or a piece of writing. (intransitive, aviation, slang) To eject. (transitive, British, printing) To celebrate (a fellow printing or newspaper industry worker) to mark their completion of an apprenticeship or their retirement by (formerly) hitting metal furniture in the printing room or (more recently) hitting one's desk in the newsroom. (transitive) To beat up (someone). ===== Usage notes ===== (to do something quickly): The object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== bang out (plural bang outs) (slang) Someone who works or studies seemingly way too much. ==== Further reading ==== banging out on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Clipping of bang out of order ==== Adjective ==== bang out (not comparable) (UK, slang) Completely unacceptable. === Anagrams === gunboat