slap-bang

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adjective

: marked by roughness and impetuousness of manner or method
businessmen of the slap-bang, horn-blowing, bluff, good-natured … kindEdna Ferber
slap-bang … production methodsK. B. Butler

slap-bang

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adverb

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: with excessive force, haste, and usually noise : precipitately
yachts and … chasers ran slap-bang at 16 knots into a convoySpringfield (Massachusetts) Republican

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“Slap-bang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap-bang. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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