smack-dab

adverb

ˈsmak-ˈdab 

: exactly, squarely

Synonyms of smack-dab

• right
• just
• squarely

Examples of smack-dab in a Sentence

made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town

Recent Examples on the Web

And with a generous 16GB of memory and a 512GB SSD, this laptop sits smack-dab on top of the performance sweet spot. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

And then smack-dab in the middle of it is drama about the Epstein files. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026

What to do nearby The property sits smack-dab in the middle of Big Sur Village, which lends convenient access to the many beautiful sites that likely drew you here. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

An African nation bounded by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to its north has prospered a kinship in a town located in a state literally smack-dab in the middle of America — a town whose new college football stadium is accented by light towers made to represent wheat. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for smack-dab

• ahab
• cantab
• hijab
• kitab
• prefab
• ab
• cab
• crab
• dab
• drab
• fab
• gab

Kids Definition

smack-dab

adverb

ˈsmak-ˈdab

: exactly sense 1b

smack-dab in the middle