Definition of "spang" [spang]

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

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• "Englishman will mak a spang at it --- But I wash my hands o't"
• "The boy's ears were assailed by the sharp "spang" and "crack" of long-barreled antiaircraft guns and the "whomp" and the"
• "This time, as twice before, the broad round boom of a smooth-bore, so different from the short sharp "spang" of a rifle."