Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bang on the money

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: bang on the -money
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exactly right, accurate, or precise; spot on.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Apple's official Q2 figures now available and it turns out Kuo was bang on the money."
"But portraying a person with a disability comes with its own responsibility. "You need to get it all bang on the money," said Garfield, who spent significant time with the disabled to prepare for the part."
"After all, if you visit McIlroy’s Twitter page, his profile reads: "I hit a little white ball around a field sometimes." It's tongue-in-cheek, sure, but it's bang on the money."

Etymology

Combination of bang on and on the money.

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more bang on the money (comparative) most bang on the money (superlative)

Questions

What does bang on the money mean?: Exactly right, accurate, or precise; spot on.
Where does bang on the money come from?: Combination of bang on and on the money.

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