SLAP-BANG


Meaning of SLAP-BANG in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective

Etymology: slap (II)

: marked by roughness and impetuousness of manner or method

businessmen of the slap-bang, horn-blowing, bluff, good-natured … kind — Edna Ferber

slap-bang … production methods — K.B.Butler

II. adverb

: with excessive force, haste, and usually noise : precipitately

yachts and … chasers ran slap-bang at 16 knots into a convoy — Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.