spang

[ spang ]

adverbInformal.
  1. directly; exactly: The bullet landed spang on target.

Origin of spang

1
First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Words Nearby spang

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How to use spang in a sentence

  • There was warm work ahead—and it would be warmer if Hank and spang tried to block proceedings with the runabout.

    Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
  • The one thing to do was to travel at speed, forestalling possible interference from Hank and spang by getting well ahead of them.

    Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
  • After that, Hank and spang came up the hill, left their horses with me, and scrambled down to a lot of bushes.

    Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
  • More than once I thought I heard the spang of the .35 and this made me urge the roan faster and faster.

  • Kingdom come, is yo' gittin' ter de pint when yo' kin see sich gwines-on an' not r'ar right spang up an' sass dat 'oman?

    Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for spang

spang

/ (spæŋ) /


adverb
  1. US and Canadian informal exactly, firmly, or straight: spang on target

Origin of spang

1
C19: of unknown origin

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