slap-dab

slap-dab

1. Very forcefully, noisily, or violently. The truck crashed slap-dab through the wall, causing chaos throughout the building. She wasn't watching where she was going and ran slap-dab into the side of her neighbor's car.

2. Precisely or directly. With a location slap-dab in the middle of the city, they're poised to become one of the trendiest shops in the area. I don't understand why they had to schedule camp slap-dab at the beginning of summer vacation. I just want a couple weeks to veg out on my own!

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slap-dab

mod. directly; exactly in place. (see also smack (dab) in the middle.) I found this pop bottle slap-dab on top of the car! How’d it get there?

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