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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But around 2016, as Mood Machine details, Spotify developed the Perfect Fit Content initiative, partnering with licensing companies that paid studio pros to bang out easy-listening ditties for the streamer—in essence, replicating popular playlist sounds on the cheap. Brad Shoup, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025 Sinner banged out eight aces with no double-faults. Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 The 21-year-old cranked out a 151-mph serve last year and just last week banged out 20 aces in a straight-sets win over former U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe at the 2025 Brisbane International. Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Because of space constraints in the arena, Whalers co-owner Howard Baldwin and Rasmussen banged out his employment agreement in the men’s room of the Eastern States Coliseum, in Springfield, Connecticut, in 1974. Bill Keenan, airmail.news, 17 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bang out

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

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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 27 Feb. 2025.

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