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SLAP-BANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slap-bang mean?
• SLAP-BANG (adverb)
The adverb SLAP-BANG has 2 senses:
1. directly or immediately
2. in a violent or sudden or noisy manner
Familiarity information: SLAP-BANG used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Directly or immediately
Context example:
it hit slap-bang in the middle
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a violent or sudden or noisy manner
Synonyms:
slam-bang; slap-bang
Context example:
the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house
Context examples
Round after round he scrambled his way in, slap-bang, right and left, every hit tremendously sent home.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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