slap-bang

1. 1.

   directly or immediately

   “it hit slap-bang in the middle”
2. 2.

   in a violent or sudden or noisy manner

   “the pans fell slam-bang and woke the whole house”

   Synonymsslam-bang

Questions about slap-bang

What does slap-bang mean?

slap-bang means "directly or immediately". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slap-bang?

slap-bang has 2 syllables: slap--bang. The stress falls on "slap-".

What is another word for slap-bang?

Close synonyms include slam-bang. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slap-bang a common word?

slap-bang is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.