Usually means: Directly in the exact middle.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word smack dab:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. smack-dab: Merriam-Webster
  2. smack dab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smack-dab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. smack-dab: Wordnik
  5. smack-dab: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. smack-dab, smack dab: Wiktionary
  7. smack-dab: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. smack-dab, smack dab: Dictionary.com
  9. smack-dab: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. smack-dab: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smack-dab: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Smack dab: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Smack dab)

▸ adverb:  Alternative spelling of smack-dab [(slang) Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.]

Similar:
smackdab, smack bang, dead nuts, deadnuts, near as dammit, dead-pan, chock-a-block, choc-a-bloc, dead pan, there and then, more...

Opposite:
off-center, askew, crooked, skewed, not centered

Adjectives:
knockabout, lash, jaw, swack, slap-up, slam-bang, beat, mug, piledriving, slapdash, nip and tuck

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Similar:
smackdab, smack bang, dead nuts, deadnuts, near as dammit, dead-pan, chock-a-block, choc-a-bloc, dead pan, there and then, more...

Opposite:
off-center, askew, crooked, skewed, not centered

Adjectives:
knockabout, lash, jaw, swack, slap-up, slam-bang, beat, mug, piledriving, slapdash, nip and tuck



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