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slambang

adv

Etymology

From slam + bang.

  1. derived from *bʰen-✻ — “to beat, hit, injure”
  2. derived from *bangōną✻ — “to beat, pound”
  3. derived from banga — “to pound, hammer”
  4. derived from *bangian✻
  5. inherited from *bangen✻
  6. compounded as slambang — “slam + bang”

Definitions

  1. With a slam and a bang

    With a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.

    • The car went slambang into a fence.

  2. Violent and noisy

    Violent and noisy; unrestrained.

    • […] the slambang, profane hit play, The Front Page […]

  3. To go with a slam and a bang

    To go with a slam and a bang; go noisily.

    • Zooey’s razor, new blade and all slambanged down into the metal wastebasket.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA