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slambang en · ADJ

Etymology

From slam + bang.

Meanings

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

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slambang en · ADV

Etymology

From slam + bang.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) With a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.
    • The car went slambang into a fence.

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Synonyms

strambang

slambang en · VERB

Etymology

From slam + bang.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To go with a slam and a bang; go noisily.
    • Zooey’s razor, new blade and all slambanged down into the metal wastebasket. 1961, J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey:

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slambangs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic