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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"
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
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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