Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Squarely; directly.
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- adverb slang
Exactly ;directly ;precisely ; dead-center.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His latest project is a big house on the corner of Wales Avenue, smack-dab in the middle of Toronto's Kensington Market.
Free Fiction February: "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman 2009
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Thus being smack-dab in the middle of it all was recommended by one of the locals where Mexican tourists stay at a price of about 30-35 dollars per night with 24/7 enclosed guarded security parking.
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But it will not agree to a contiguous West Bank/Gaza Palestinian state, as is obvious from its demand that the mega-settlement of Ariel, smack-dab in the middle of the West Bank, become part of Israel.
MJ Rosenberg: US: Recognize State of Palestine In 2011 MJ Rosenberg 2011
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As Art's world becomes increasingly tangled with theirs, he finds himself smack-dab in the middle of a web of secrets and lies - a web with intimate connections to his own strange past.
Free Fiction February: "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman 2009
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Our neighbourhood was more or less smack-dab in the middle of the mess, so while we didn't get the funnel clouds we sure did get a healthy dose of the wet and windy!
Archive 2009-09-01 Sarah 2009
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But it will not agree to a contiguous West Bank/Gaza Palestinian state, as is obvious from its demand that the mega-settlement of Ariel, smack-dab in the middle of the West Bank, become part of Israel.
MJ Rosenberg: US: Recognize State of Palestine In 2011 MJ Rosenberg 2011
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Thus being smack-dab in the middle of it all was recommended by one of the locals where Mexican tourists stay at a price of about 30-35 dollars per night with 24/7 enclosed guarded security parking.
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My husband and I are smack-dab in the middle of buying a house.
Women Grow Business » Home Loans and Entrepreneurship: the Real Work-Home Balance 2009
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Thus being smack-dab in the middle of it all was recommended by one of the locals where Mexican tourists stay at a price of about 30-35 dollars per night with 24/7 enclosed guarded security parking.
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Our neighbourhood was more or less smack-dab in the middle of the mess, so while we didn't get the funnel clouds we sure did get a healthy dose of the wet and windy!
Not "A Nutter" One! Sarah 2009
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