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 and divides as slap--bang under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.