Sekirov Dictionary

slam-bang

adjective 3
adverb 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

adjective3

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Noisy, raucous.
- 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. — 1959
•
Violent, forceful.
- "If you had led the rough, tough, slam-bang, every-man-for-himself life I have, you wouldn't be frightened of gorillas...." — 1932
•
Impressive, exciting.
- "I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman." — 1961

adverb1

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Shot or hit with a noise.
- 19th cent., Robert Montgomery Bird, Nick of the Woods, 1967 Rowman & Littlefield edition, →ISBN, page 48, Well! as soon as I jumped out of his way, bang went his piece, and bang went another, let fly by an Injun;—down went the Major, shot right through the hips, slam-bang.

noun1

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Noisy activity.
- But James in describing the slam-bang of her upbringing has given us every reason for her turning out crazy, vengeful or anti-social. — 1985

verb1

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(informal) To beat noisily.
- He was forever slam-banging the microphone stand & twisting the cord around himself. — 1970

forms

slam-banged · slam-banging · slam-bangs

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