smack-dab en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable, slang) Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
Things build and build, and it becomes clearer and clearer that a battle is about to take place. In “Stormborn,” a bang above deck is all the warning we get, and suddenly the Yara Greyjoy fleet is smack dab in the middle of Euron’s Iron Fleet, and the party begins.
2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| smack dab | alternative | lexicographic | |
| right smack dab | alternative | lexicographic | |
| smack bang | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
ru прямико́м (exactly, directly) · de haargenau (exactly, directly) · ru прямёхонько (exactly, directly) · de genau mitten (exactly, directly) · ru пря́мо (exactly, directly) · fi tismalleen (exactly, directly) · fr pile-poil (exactly, directly) · fr en plein milieu (exactly, directly)