Slam-bang

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(onomatopoeia) Noisy, raucous..

Definitions by Sense

1. (onomatopoeia) Noisy, raucous.
2. Violent, forceful.
3. Impressive, exciting.
4. Shot or hit with a noise.
5. (onomatopoeia) Noisy activity.
6. (informal, transitive) To beat noisily.

Example Sentences

At a signal from Horko's box there was an all-out, slam-bang, grand salute of the guns and with it a pounding of the deep liquid bass drums.

Their arguments weren't pleasant to hear or to watch, but they weren't yet having the all-out, slam-bang quarrels they would have when I was older.

Fifteen years of marriage in full would cry out for a slam-bang celebration.

"If you had led the rough, tough, slam-bang, every-man-for-himself life I have, you wouldn't be frightened of gorillas...."

Temporary Agency begins with a tale of demonic possession and adolescent crushes and ends with a slam-bang, all-out global confrontation between the forces of good and evil.

The boy seemed streetwise yet clearly unaware that this was an officer whose slam-bang interrogation methods were a legend.

The waiter took my order, a slam-bang something with eggs and pancakes: enough cholesterol to power the whole state of Idaho.

2004 March 18–24, Jack Harvey (pseudonym), "Once Again, Oscar Is King Of The Rings", in The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 114, After this slam-bang production, the next is sure to be a huge letdown.

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• slam-bangs
• slam-banging
• slam-banged

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