Definition of Slap-bang

1. Adverb. Directly or immediately. "It hit slap-bang in the middle"

2. Adverb. In a violent or sudden or noisy manner. "The pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house"

Exact synonyms: Slam-bang

Definition of Slap-bang

1. Adverb. directly or immediately ¹

2. Adverb. in a violent or sudden or noisy manner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slap-bang

slant rhymes
slant sight
slanted
slanted ear
slantindicular
slanting
slantingly
slantings
slantly
slants
slantways
slantwise
slanty
slap
slap-back
slap-bang (current term)
slap-down
slap-happy
slap-headed
slap-up
slap and tickle
slap bang
slap bet
slap down
slap in the face
slap on
slap on the hand
slap on the wrist
slap shot

Literary usage of Slap-bang

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1844)
"If, sir, this great — (bang)— this great country is to be — (whack)— is to be dependent on foreigners — (slap, bang, and Oh I oh I This being the ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Fop, slap, bang, and dash are interchangeable. slap-bang, in sport, ... or the equipage of an exquisite is •' slap-op," " prune slap-up," or " slap-bang-up. ..."

3. The Musical World (1865)
"Slap bang " is the rage for the time being, and the times are certainly " out of joint" which allows such a commonplace, vapid effusion to become enormously ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"E. slam- bang, slap-bang, violently (Halliwell). At the same time, the particular form of the word may have been influenced by the common Teut. base SLAH, ..."

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