headbanger
noun
head·bang·er
| \ ˈhed-ˌbaŋ-ər
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Definition of headbanger
: a musician who performs hard rock
also
: a fan of hard rock
Examples of headbanger in a Sentence
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Previous films saw the headbangers crossing paths with everyone from Billy the Kid, Socrates, Joan of Arch, and even the Grim Reaper. — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, "Keanu Reeves Is Unrecognizable in Bizarre Look for New Bill & Ted Movie," 3 Aug. 2019 Previous films saw the headbangers crossing paths with everyone from Billy the Kid, Socrates, Joan of Arch, and even the Grim Reaper. — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, "Keanu Reeves Is Unrecognizable in Bizarre Look for New Bill & Ted Movie," 3 Aug. 2019 Previous films saw the headbangers crossing paths with everyone from Billy the Kid, Socrates, Joan of Arch, and even the Grim Reaper. — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, "Keanu Reeves Is Unrecognizable in Bizarre Look for New Bill & Ted Movie," 3 Aug. 2019 Previous films saw the headbangers crossing paths with everyone from Billy the Kid, Socrates, Joan of Arch, and even the Grim Reaper. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Keanu Reeves Reunites with Alex Winter on Set of Bill and Ted 3: See the Photo," 2 July 2019 Hordes of headbangers amassed in Germany for the world’s largest heavy metal festival – among them, two elderly men who apparently left their retirement home to rock out, police said. — Rick Noack, The Seattle Times, "‘You’re never too old to rock’: Men missing from German retirement home found at giant heavy metal festival," 6 Aug. 2018 The Wisconsin State Fair has something for headbangers, Hanson fans and everyone in between at the Associated Bank Amphitheater for 2018. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Hanson, Slaughter, Abby Jeanne playing Wisconsin State Fair Associated Bank Amphitheater," 26 Apr. 2018 Elements of dubstep, trap, R&B and house weave in and out of minimal headbanger beats designed to pop trunks from Los Angeles to Mars. — Kat Bein, Billboard, "TroyBoi Proves He's an Absolute Beast on 20-Track Album 'Left Is Right'," 28 Aug. 2017 At March Shredness, part of an annual, themed music project, Andy Segedi looks back at his youth as a headbanger. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Reflections of a Lifelong Metalhead," 12 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'headbanger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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