banging around
Making clumsy sounds
Banging around means moving noisily or without clear purpose.
Someone banging around in the kitchen is opening cabinets, clattering dishes, making their presence known through sound: I could hear him banging around upstairs.
The phrase also describes aimless activity or drifting through life without direction: She spent her twenties banging around Europe.
- clatteringMaking repeated sharp sounds
- rattlingProducing rapid knocks
- thumpingHeavy, dull beating
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- jostlingPushing and bumping others
making a racket · wandering · searching · knocking · knocking about · crashing · meandering · chaos · pottering · on the move · rummaging · disorder · drifting · slamming · tumult · pounding · commotion · exploring