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smack

3 adverb
     
smack3 informal
1 exactly or directly in the middle of something, in front of something etc
smack in the middle/in front of something etc
There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.
smack bang British English /smack dab American English
It's smack dab in the middle of an earthquake zone.
2 if something goes smack into something, it hits it with a lot of force:
The car ran smack into the side of the bus.
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