slam-bang Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Slam"-bang` adverb
Definitions
  1. With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. Colloq.

Webster 1913