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slambang

slambang adverb: with a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.

Adverb

slambang (not comparable)

  1. With a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.
    • The car went slambang into a fence.
    Synonyms:
    strambang

Adjective

slambang

  1. Violent and noisy; unrestrained.
    • […] the slambang, profane hit play, The Front Page […]1956, Newsweek, Volume 47, Part 2, page 78

Verb

slambang (third-person singular simple present slambangs, present participle slambanging, simple past and past participle slambanged)

  1. (intransitive) To go with a slam and a bang; go noisily.
    • Zooey’s razor, new blade and all slambanged down into the metal wastebasket.1961, J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

Synonyms of slambang

Forms of slambang

Adverb
alternative formslam-bang
Verb
third-person singular presentslambangs
present participleslambanging
past participleslambanged
pastslambanged

Origin of slambang

From slam + bang.

Questions about slambang

What does slambang mean?
Slambang means with a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.
What part of speech is slambang?
Slambang can be an adverb, an adjective or a verb.

Words near slambang in the dictionary

  1. Slamas
  2. Slamat
  3. slamatan
  4. slamatans
  5. slamball
  6. slambang
  7. slambanged
  8. slambanging
  9. slambangs
  10. slambook
  11. slambooks

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