Etymology

From head +‎ bangCategory:English compound terms#HEADBANG. Back-formation from headbangingCategory:English back-formations#HEADBANG.

Verb

headbang (third-person singular simple present headbangs, present participle headbanging, simple past and past participle headbanged)Category:English lemmas#HEADBANGCategory:English verbs#HEADBANGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HEADBANGCategory:Pages with entries#HEADBANGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HEADBANG

1. To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.
   • 2023 August 2, HarryBlank, “Act Your Age”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 27 December 2024:

     The beat was deafeaning,^[sic] raucous and rowdy, and Karen began headbanging spectacularly. Jay watched her hair fly for a moment, then turned their attention back to what had happened to the dancefloor.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HEADBANG

2. (psychologyCategory:en:Psychology#HEADBANG, autismCategory:en:Autism#HEADBANG) To strike one's head forward against a surface.