headbanger

ˈhɛdˌbæŋər

Definition

Definition of headbanger - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

music

Rare

person who enjoys heavy metal music

Rare

The concert was full of headbangers enjoying the loud music.

metalhead

rocker

dance

Rare

person who moves their head up and down to music

Rare

He was a headbanger at the rock concert, moving to the beat.

politics

Rare

political hardliner or obstructive person

Rare

The headbanger refused to compromise on the policy.

diehard

extremist

radical

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Origin of headbanger

English, head (head) + bang (hit)

Examples of headbanger in a sentence

She became a headbanger after attending her first metal concert.
The headbanger was lost in the music.
Every headbanger in the crowd was enjoying the concert.
The headbanger in the committee blocked the proposal.
Negotiations stalled due to a headbanger's stubbornness.

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French:fan de metal, headbanger, ...
German:Headbanger, Hardliner, ...
Italian:metallaro, headbanger, ...
Spanish:metalero, cabeceador, ...
Portuguese:metaleiro, linha-dura, ...
Chinese:重金属乐迷, 甩头舞者, ...
Japanese:ヘッドバンガー, 頭を振る人, ...
Arabic:هيدبانجر, هِيدبانغَر, ...
Hebrew:מֶטָאלִיסְט, מְשַׁרְקֵדֵר רֹאשׁ, ...
Russian:хэдбэнгер, упрямец, ...
Ukrainian:хедбенгер, той, хто киває головою, ...
Hindi:हेडबैंगर, सिर हिलाने वाला, ...
Bengali:হেডব্যাঙ্গার, কট্টরপন্থী, ...
Catalan:headbanger, seguidor del heavy metal, ...
Czech:metalista, člověk házející hlavou do rytmu hudby, ...
Danish:headbanger, hardliner, ...
Dutch:headbanger, hoofdschudder, ...
Greek:headbanger, χορευτής που κουνάει το κεφάλι, ...
Hungarian:metálos, headbanger, ...
Khmer:អ្នកគាំទ្រតន្ត្រីហេវីមេតាល់, អ្នកគ្រវីក្បាលឡើងចុះតាមភ្លេង, ...
Korean:헤비메탈 팬, 헤드뱅잉하는 사람, ...
Persian:طرفدار هوی متال, سر تکان دهنده, ...
Polish:fan heavy metalu, headbanger, ...
Portuguese (BR):metaleiro, linha-dura, ...
Romanian:fan heavy metal, persoană care dă din cap, ...
Swedish:headbanger, huvudskakare, ...
Thai:คนชอบเพลงเฮฟวีเมทัล, คนโยกหัว, ...
Turkish:ağır metal hayranı, kafa sallayan, ...
Vietnamese:người hâm mộ nhạc nặng, người lắc đầu, ...

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