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Definition of Slam-bang

1. Adverb. In a careless or reckless manner. "The shelves were put up slapdash"

2. Adjective. Violent and sudden and noisy. "A slam-bang collision"

3. Adverb. With heedless speed. "Yachts ran slap-bang into the convoy at 15 knots an hour"

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

Definition of Slam-bang

1. Adjective. (onomatopoeia) Noisy, raucous. ¹

2. Adjective. Violent, forceful ¹

3. Adjective. Impressive, exciting. ¹

4. Adverb. Shot or hit with a noise ¹

5. Noun. (onomatopoeia) Noisy activity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slam-bang

slaken slaker slakers slakes slakin slaking slalom slalomed slalomer slalomers

slaloming slalomist slalomists slaloms slam slam-bang (current term) slam-bangs slam-dance slam-dunk slam-dunk approach

slam-dunk approaches slam-dunks slam book slam dance slam dancing slam dunk slam dunk approach slam dunk approaches slam dunked slam dunking

Literary usage of Slam-bang

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

1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... ovl) shut .. with a bang (1. a slam). slam (1. bang) . . to (1. shut), slam, bang, ... ovesta:) slam, bang; (räjähtää) explode; ..."

2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... peal; (oven) slam, bang; ... ovi) shut . . with a bang (I. a slam), slam (1. bang) . . to (I. shut), slam, bang, ..."

3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... report; (esim. ukkosen) clap, peal; (oven) slam, bang; ... (esim. ovl) shut . . with a bang (I. a slam), slam (I. bang) . .to (1. shut), slam, bang, ..."

4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"E. slam-bang, slap-bang, violently ; Halliwell. slek'nen, to quench, extinguish, .... E. slam- bang, slap-bang, violently (Halliwell). At the same time, ..."

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