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smack dab

or smack-dab

[ smak-dab ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

, Informal.

First recorded in 1890–95; smack ²( def ) (in the sense “directly, straight”) + dab ¹( def ) (in the sense “a quick, light blow,” used adverbially)

On the first day of shooting, Kallai and his film crew found themselves smack-dab in the middle of a war zone.

Now, they are smack dab in the middle of a GOP primary in Mississippi.

The first U.S. case of MERS landed in Indiana—smack-dab in the heartland.

Or take the settlement of Ariel, located smack-dab in the middle of the northern West Bank.

As we wuz startin' home some monstrous thing riz up right smack dab in front ov us, not more'n 100 feet away.

Wouldnt do to go tearing off this pier, and run smack-dab into a trap.

And one froze in its landing glide and flew smack-dab into its landing field.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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