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slap-bang

slap-bang adverb: directly or immediately.

Adverb

slap-bang (comparative more slap-bang, superlative most slap-bang)

  1. Directly or immediately.
    • It was a stormy day and it was slap-bang in the middle of the fair weather season.
    • You'll see the tower slap-bang in front of you when you come out of the station.
    Synonyms:
    smack
  2. In a violent or sudden or noisy manner.

slap-bang meaning in Tamil

slap-bang in Tamil

மூர்க்கமாக, வன்முறையாக, முழக்கமாக, கூச்சலிட்டுக்கொண்டு, தலைகீழாக, பதற்றமாக

Synonyms of slap-bang

Forms of slap-bang

comparativemore slap-bang
superlativemost slap-bang

Origin of slap-bang

From slap + bang.

Words formed from slap-bang

Phrases with slap-bang

Questions about slap-bang

What does slap-bang mean?
Slap-bang means directly or immediately.
What is slap-bang in Tamil?
Slap-bang in Tamil is மூர்க்கமாக, வன்முறையாக, முழக்கமாக. See Slap-bang meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slap-bang?
Slap-bang is an adverb.

Words near slap-bang in the dictionary

  1. slap someone's wrist
  2. slap the salami
  3. slap together
  4. slap-back
  5. slap-backs
  6. slap-bang
  7. slap-bang shop
  8. slap-bang shops
  9. slap-down
  10. slap-downs
  11. slap-happy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slap-bang (page history and authors); slap-bang (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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