smack-dab
smack-dab adverb: exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
Adverb
smack-dab (not comparable)
- Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
- I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.
- Things build and build, and it becomes clearer and clearer that a battle is about to take place. In “Stormborn,” a bang above deck is all the warning we get, and suddenly the Yara Greyjoy fleet is smack dab in the middle of Euron’s Iron Fleet, and the party begins.2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club
Forms of smack-dab
| alternative form | smack bang |
|---|---|
| alternative form | smack dab |
| alternative form | right smack dab |
Questions about smack-dab
- What does smack-dab mean?
- Smack-dab means exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
- What part of speech is smack-dab?
- Smack-dab is an adverb.
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