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   Smack dab

   /smak dab/

   adverb

   • 1. exactly; precisely: informal North American "here I am in Bolivia, smack dab in the heart of South America"

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   The meaning of SMACK-DAB is exactly, squarely. How to use smack-dab in a sentence.

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   What is the meaning of Smack Dab?

   • smack dab adverb. also smack-dab, us ​ /ˈsmækˈdæb/ us ​ /ˈsmæk ˈdæb/. › exactly in a place or at a time: You called smack dab in the middle of dinner.

   SMACK DAB | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   What does smack-dab mean?

   • Define smack-dab. smack-dab synonyms, smack-dab pronunciation, smack-dab translation, English dictionary definition of smack-dab. adv. Slang Squarely; directly: stood smack-dab in the middle of the freeway. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   When was the adverb smack-dab first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adverb smack-dab is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for smack-dab is from 1892, in Dialect Notes. smack-dab is formed within English, by compounding.

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   Did you call smack dab in the middle of dinner?

   • You called smack dab in the middle of dinner. What is the pronunciation of smack dab? SMACK DAB definition: exactly in a place or at a time: . Learn more.

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   smack dab. adverb. (also smack-dab, us / ˈsmækˈdæb /) us / ˈsmæk ˈdæb /. Add to word list. exactly in a place or at a time: You called smack dab in the middle of dinner.

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   Smack dab is used in expressions such as `smack dab in the middle' of somewhere to mean exactly in that place. [ mainly US , informal ] ...an old brick building smack dab in the middle of downtown.

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   Smack dab definition: directly; squarely. See examples of SMACK DAB used in a sentence.

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   4 days ago · smack-dab (not comparable) ( slang ) Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly ; precisely ; dead-center. I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.

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   What does the adverb smack-dab mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adverb smack-dab . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Define smack-dab. smack-dab synonyms, smack-dab pronunciation, smack-dab translation, English dictionary definition of smack-dab. adv. Slang Squarely; directly: stood smack-dab in the middle of the freeway.