U.S. [Cf. SPANG v.2] With a sudden spring or impetus; slap, smack. Right spang, entirely, quite; exactly, fair.
1843–8. in Thornton, Amer. Gloss., s.v.
1884. J. C. Harris, Nights Uncle Remus, 196. He drapt right spang in de middle er de fier.
1901. Munsey’s Mag., XXIV. 806/2. Crack went the trigger, and spang went the ball.
