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spang

American  
[spang] / spæŋ /

adverb

Informal.
  1. directly; exactly.

    The bullet landed spang on target.


spang British  
/ spæŋ /

adverb

  1. informal exactly, firmly, or straight

    spang on target

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of spang

First recorded in 1835–45; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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So rhapsodized the aged but active Atlanta Constitution last week, not in a book review but right spang on the editorial page.

From Time Magazine Archive

There it sat, an $18 million imitation English village, spang in the midst of the Connecticut countryside.

From Time Magazine Archive

It landed spang in the British boat below.

From Time Magazine Archive

After which he slapped his next shot spang on the green, went on to pick up $700 in the pro-am prelude to the Miami open invitational.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It'll blow that thar barn spang off'n the bluff, I'm thinkin'—an' the filly—Cobe—Cobe!" he cried out to her as he neared the shanty.

From The Young Mountaineers Short Stories by Fraser, Malcolm

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