bangings
Repeated door slams
Bangings is the plural of banging—instances of loud, percussive sounds or forceful impacts.
The bangings on the door grew more insistent.
The word is uncommon; most contexts prefer the singular or verbal form: banging on the pipes, constant banging from upstairs.
Percussive rhythm-making
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- percussionSound through impact
- thumpingHeavy, dull beating
hammering · rapping · knocking · tattoo · cadence · tempo · pulse · syncopation
Sudden violent impact
- slamForceful impact or closure
- thudDull impact noise
- thumpHeavy dull blow
- collisionForceful contact between objects
smash · pounding · hammering · knocking · wallop · clout · blow · strike
Overwhelmingly loud
- thunderousExtremely loud, resounding
- earsplittingExtremely, painfully loud
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
- resoundingEchoing loudly and fully
blaring · clamorous · piercing · crashing · clattering · reverberating · echoing · rumbling
drumming
Percussive rhythm-making
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- percussionSound through impact
thumping · hammering · rapping · knocking · tattoo · cadence · tempo · pulse · syncopation · groove
crash
Sudden violent impact
collision · smash · pounding · hammering · knocking · wallop · clout · blow · strike · whack
deafening
Overwhelmingly loud
- thunderousExtremely loud, resounding
- earsplittingExtremely, painfully loud
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
resounding · blaring · clamorous · piercing · crashing · clattering · reverberating · echoing · rumbling · sonorous
bangingswhispers
Speaks very quietly
silences · murmurs · soft sounds · hushes · rustlings
bangingssilences
Stops from speaking
stillnesses · quiets · hushes · muteness · soundlessness
- head bangingViolent rhythmic nodding to music
- banging outProducing rapidly, informally
- banging awayHitting something repeatedly
- banging pipes
- banging down the doorLoud persistent knocking
- banging on the doorStriking an entrance repeatedly