smack-bang

  • 1smack-bang — variant UK US Main entry: smack …

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  • 2smack-bang — British, American & Australian, informal, American, informal exactly in a particular place, especially in the middle of somewhere. She lives smack bang in the middle of London. (always + adv/prep) …

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  • 3smack-bang — See: smack III …

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  • 4smack — Ⅰ. smack [1] ► NOUN 1) a sharp blow given with the palm of the hand. 2) a loud, sharp sound made by such a blow. 3) a loud kiss. ► VERB 1) hit with a smack. 2) smash, drive, or put forcefully into or o …

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  • 5smack — I UK [smæk] / US verb Word forms smack : present tense I/you/we/they smack he/she/it smacks present participle smacking past tense smacked past participle smacked * [transitive] to hit someone with your flat hand or a flat object I don t believe… …

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  • 6smack — smack1 [smæk] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch smacken to hit . smack of 1300 1400 From smack taste (11 21 centuries), from Old English smAc] 1.) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish… …

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  • 7smack — 1 verb (T) 1 to hit a child with your hand in order to punish them: To bed now, or I ll smack your bottom! 2 to hit something against something else so that it makes a short loud noise: smack sth against/into etc: He smacked his fist against his… …

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  • 8smack — smack1 noun 1》 a sharp blow or slap, typically one given with the palm of the hand.     ↘a loud, sharp sound made by or as by such a blow. 2》 a loud kiss. verb 1》 hit with a smack. 2》 smash, drive, or put forcefully into or on to something. 3》… …

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  • 9smack — 1. noun /smæk/ a) A distinct flavour. He was not sailorly, and yet he had a smack of the sea about him too. b) A slight trace of something; a smattering. 2. verb /smæk/ a) To indicate or suggest something …

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  • 10bang — [adv] suddenly, with force abruptly, hard, headlong, head on, noisily, precisely, smack, straight, suddenly; concept 540 Ant. slowly bang [n1] explosive noise blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, crack, detonation, discharge, howl, peal, pop,… …

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