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SPANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spang mean?
• SPANG (verb)
The verb SPANG has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SPANG used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leap, jerk, bang
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bang; spang
Context example:
Bullets spanged into the trees
Hypernyms (to "spang" is one way to...):
collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
Domain usage:
accent; dialect; idiom (the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
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