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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

[smack + dab, with a sudden contact.]

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