headbangs

Whips hair rhythmically

Headbangs is the third-person singular of headbang—to vigorously shake one's head up and down or side to side in time with loud, aggressive music, especially heavy metal: She headbangs so hard at concerts she gets neck pain the next day.

The motion mimics the emphatic rhythm of the music.

metal

thrashing

Decisive, lopsided defeat

rock · banging · long hair · whiplash · stage · amplifier · distortion · crowd · riff · shredding

frustration

wall

Vertical enclosing structure

futility · stress · despair · giving up · hopelessness · irritation · banging head · stupidity · incompetence · bureaucracy

movement

nodding

Moving head affirmatively

tempo · sync · groove · pulse · neck · motion · up-down · vigorous · repetitive · bouncing

Opposites
movement intensity

headbangsstands still

Ceases all movement

meditates · dozes · relaxes · rests

musical genre/culture

headbangswaltzes

Triple-time ballroom dances

slow dances · sways · meditates

Family

headbanger, headbanging, headbang, headbanged

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G