spang

American  

[spang] / spæŋ /

adverb

Informal.

1. directly; exactly.

   The bullet landed spang on target.

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spang British  

/ spæŋ /

adverb

1. informal exactly, firmly, or straight

   spang on target

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Etymology

Origin of spang

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

At this crisis in my dream, I was again suddenly awakened—this time not by the plashing of water, but by the sharp “spang” of a rifle that had been fired near.

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In the past three months there are ten thousand pounds gone spang!”

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And John Endlich was spang against his terrible, blank wall again.

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Then with a glitter of bright steel there swept The guard of knights, each pennon-bearer bold Girt in a crimson cloak with spangs of gold.

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Lacking other means of expression, there will come “spang” from his mouth a coinage of his own.

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