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slam-bang

Dictionary definition · slam-bang

adjective

  1. violent and sudden and noisy"a slam-bang collision"

adverb

  1. in a careless or reckless manner"the shelves were put up slapdash"
  2. with heedless speed"yachts ran slap-bang into the convoy at 15 knots an hour"
  3. in a violent or sudden or noisy manner"the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).