Smack-dab
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Smack-dab is an adverb meaning (slang) Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
Meaning
(slang) Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
Example Sentences
I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.
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.
Word Forms
- smack bang
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include directly, deadass, perzactly, plumb, just, flat.
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