Meaning

7 senses
  1. One who dances by violently shaking the head in time to the music.

  2. (broadly)One who enjoys heavy metal (rock) music, to which this sort of dance is usually performed.

  3. A violently deranged, extreme or fanatical person; a nutcase.

  4. A silly or eccentric person.

  5. (UK)A political hardliner, especially an obstructive one.

  6. (Northern Ireland)A person who engages in street violence, especially in support of a political group.

  7. A kind of chin-up or pull-up exercise where the head is kept in line with the bar.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Ziri is a headbanger.

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Origin

From head + banger.

From head + banger.

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Forms

plural: headbangers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
heavy metal fan:metalheadmetaller

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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