slambang

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See also: slam-bang

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

slam +‎ bang

Adverb[edit]

slambang (not comparable)

  1. With a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.
    The car went slambang into a fence.

Synonyms[edit]

  • strambang (dialectal, West Country, obsolete)

Adjective[edit]

slambang

  1. Violent and noisy; unrestrained.
    • 1956, Newsweek, Volume 47, Part 2, page 78:
      [] the slambang, profane hit play, The Front Page []

Verb[edit]

slambang (third-person singular simple present slambangs, present participle slambanging, simple past and past participle slambanged)

  1. (intransitive) To go with a slam and a bang; go noisily.