What does "slam-bang" mean?
Noisy activity.
Slam-bang
adj, adv, noun, verb
adj, adv, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Noisy activity.
- Grammar: slam-bang is listed as adj, adv, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: carelessly, desperately, exciting, furiously.
- Usage evidence: 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.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Noisy activity. onomatopoeic
"From far down the hall came the staccato notes of a new term, the slam-bang of teachers flinging open cabinets, filling trash cans, stapling lists to bulletin boards, dragging desks into optimistic configurations."
Verb
- 1 To beat noisily.
"1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He was forever slam-banging the microphone stand & twisting the cord around himself."
Adjective
- 1 Noisy, raucous. not-comparable, onomatopoeic
"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."
- 2 Violent, forceful not-comparable
""If you had led the rough, tough, slam-bang, every-man-for-himself life I have, you wouldn't be frightened of gorillas....""
- 3 Impressive, exciting. not-comparable
""I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.""
Adjective
- 1 violent and sudden and noisy wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Shot or hit with a noise not-comparable
"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."
Adverb
- 1 in a violent or sudden or noisy manner wordnet
- 2 with heedless speed wordnet
- 3 in a careless or reckless manner wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"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."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "slam-bang"?
Common synonyms include: carelessly, desperately, exciting, furiously, hastily, head over heels.
How do you use "slam-bang" in a sentence?
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.