slambang

See also: slam-bang

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

slam +‎ bang

Adverb

slambang (not comparable)

  1. With a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.
    The car went slambang into a fence.

Adjective

slambang

  1. Violent and noisy; unrestrained.
    • Newsweek:
      […] the slambang, profane hit play, The Front Page […]

Verb

slambang (third-person singular simple present slambangs, present participle slambanging, simple past and past participle slambanged)

  1. (intransitive) To go with a slam and a bang; go noisily.
    • J. D. Salinger
      Zooey’s razor, new blade and all slambanged down into the metal wastebasket.
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