slambang

See also: slam-bang

English

Alternative forms

slam-bang

Etymology

slam +‎ bang

Adverb

slambang (not comparable)

With a slam and a bang; with noisy or headlong violence.
The car went slambang into a fence.

Synonyms

strambang (dialectal, West Country, obsolete)

Adjective

slambang

Violent and noisy; unrestrained.
- 1956, Newsweek, Volume 47, Part 2, page 78:
  […] the slambang, profane hit play, The Front Page […]

Verb

slambang (third-person singular simple present slambangs, present participle slambanging, simple past and past participle slambanged)

(intransitive) To go with a slam and a bang; go noisily.
- 1961, J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey:
  Zooey’s razor, new blade and all slambanged down into the metal wastebasket.

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