spang

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(spaŋ)

adverb

Informal abruptly, directly, or exactly

Origin: < dial. spang, with a leap

See spang in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb
Informal
Precisely; squarely: fell spang into the middle of the puddle.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from dialectal spang, to leap, jerk, bang

Origin: , probably of imitative origin

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