bang out

verb

banged out; banging out; bangs out

transitive verb

informal
: to produce (something) in a quick or hurried manner
typists banging out copy
He was only 40 when he fulfilled the common newsman's dream of hitting it big with the novel he'd been banging out between deadlines.Thomas Mallon

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Almost too passionately anguished, Austen is a sonnet played on the fortepiano, while Winslet is Liszt banged out on a Steinway. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025 Apple has given us many genuinely great shows that start with the letter ‘S’, from Severance to Shrinking to Silo and many more, but few bang out new seasons quite like Slow Horses. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 As the shooting window began to close, the team decided to bang out more scripts on their own, assuming the show would eventually get made somewhere. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 June 2025 Facing an El Modena team (23-10) without its top pitcher and few strong position players, Mater Dei Catholic banged out 13 hits. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bang out

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bang out was in 1928

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“Bang out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bang%20out. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.

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