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SPANG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spang mean? 

SPANG (verb)
  The verb SPANG has 1 sense:

1. leap, jerk, bangplay

  Familiarity information: SPANG used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPANG (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Leap, jerk, bang

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bang; spang

Context example:

Bullets spanged into the trees

Hypernyms (to "spang" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Domain usage:

accent; dialect; idiom (the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something


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