slap
adverb/slæp/
/slæp/
(also slap bang)
(informal)- straight, and with great force
- Storming out of her room, she went slap into Luke.
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- exactly
- Their apartment is slap bang in the middle of town.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.
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