Get to know Headbanging better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Headbanging meaning
- A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music.
- The motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.
Using Headbanging
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of dance associated with hard rock or heavy metal music, in which the head is shaken violently in time with music. | The motion of striking one's head against a surface, a common stereotypy.
- In the example corpus, headbanging often appears in combinations such as: headbanging and, of headbanging.
Context around Headbanging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Headbanging
- In this selection, "headbanging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, man, nostalgic, defying, moment, blast and routine stand out and add context to how "headbanging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a nostalgic headbanging moment hours and attempts at headbanging. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "headbanging" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with headbanging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The band tends to sandwich subdued soundscapes between headbanging movements. (10 words)
LOLtron wonders if Riley's newfound supernatural powers will prove as disappointing as his first attempts at headbanging. (18 words)
The final celebrity confirmed as being safe was Maura Higgins after her death-defying headbanging routine with partner Alexander. (19 words)
Mizmor—Hebrew for “a poem sung to the accompaniment of the stringed instrument”—draws on themes of nihilism and absurdity set to a soundtrack of headbanging blast beats, blood-curdling screams and nasty riffs filled with hellfire and brimstone. (39 words)
California’s Coachella festival got back to its turn-of-the-millennium rock roots Friday with a surprise reunion set from Blink-182, delivering a nostalgic headbanging moment hours before Bad Bunny is set to make history. (37 words)
Watching a movie screen through a car window seems like a far cry from headbanging to Metallica when the young-and-hungry thrashers played a multi-night stand at SA's Cameo Theater back in 1985. (36 words)
Example sentences (14)
Another is a wacky picture with fire-breathing dragons, scary screaming cars and a weird little white man headbanging in the right corner.
California’s Coachella festival got back to its turn-of-the-millennium rock roots Friday with a surprise reunion set from Blink-182, delivering a nostalgic headbanging moment hours before Bad Bunny is set to make history.
LOLtron wonders if Riley's newfound supernatural powers will prove as disappointing as his first attempts at headbanging.
Mizmor—Hebrew for “a poem sung to the accompaniment of the stringed instrument”—draws on themes of nihilism and absurdity set to a soundtrack of headbanging blast beats, blood-curdling screams and nasty riffs filled with hellfire and brimstone.
The final celebrity confirmed as being safe was Maura Higgins after her death-defying headbanging routine with partner Alexander.
Watching a movie screen through a car window seems like a far cry from headbanging to Metallica when the young-and-hungry thrashers played a multi-night stand at SA's Cameo Theater back in 1985.
After forming only last year and each member only in their twenties, Camden-based hard rockers, Roland are out to sincerely revive hard rock’s most headbanging and hip-thrusting moments of music….
Houston Press contributor Cameron Martinez uses his extensive knowledge of headbanging and bumping into people to give readers an inside look at the city’s music scene.
I am dance strutting across the floor, headbanging, jazz hands out, breaking into some ungodly version of river dance for the chorus… and then I think about it and it all crashes.
This had the crowd creating mosh pits, headbanging and most of all hyped for what was yet to come.
But the music is more than just a pummeling vehicle for headbanging; with lyrics inspired by poet Ted Hughes' and Biblical mythology involving snakes and serpents, Eagle Twin meld animism and humanism.
The band tends to sandwich subdued soundscapes between headbanging movements.
With a reassuring lack of headbanging from the driver and the friendly Jet2 staff at check-in, our journey home was a breeze.
Two primary body movements that substitute for dancing: headbanging and an arm thrust that is both a sign of appreciation and a rhythmic gesture.
Common combinations with headbanging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- headbanging and 4×
- of headbanging 3×