banging about
Making loud racket
Banging about means moving noisily and clumsily, making a racket while doing something: I could hear him banging about in the kitchen.
The phrase suggests careless or restless activity rather than purposeful work.
In British usage, banging about can also mean staying or lingering somewhere without clear purpose: She's been banging about the house all day.
- slamForceful impact or closure
- slamming doorsClosing with violent force
- thudDull impact noise
- thumpingHeavy, dull beating
- knockingStriking to announce presence
crash · bouncing · careening · lurching · rattling · pound · bump · jostle · thrashing · clanging · making a racket · racket · pandemonium · blundering · bull in a china shop · commotion · colliding · mayhem