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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective With force and much noise.
  • adverb & adjective With heedless speed; slapdash.
  • adverb & adjective With vigorous relentless action and pace.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To move with violence or noise.
  • Same as slap-bang.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb colloq. With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective onomatopoeia Noisy, raucous.
  • adjective Violent, forceful
  • adjective Impressive, exciting.
  • adverb Shot or hit with a noise
  • noun onomatopoeia Noisy activity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with heedless speed
  • adverb in a careless or reckless manner
  • adjective violent and sudden and noisy
  • adverb in a violent or sudden or noisy manner

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