How to Pronounce "smack in the middle"
expression
SMAK in thuh MID-uhl
smAK in thuh MID-uhl
Definition
Right in the very center of something. People use it to emphasize that something is exactly at the middle point of an area or thing.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈsmæk/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈmɪdəɫ
British English
smˈæk/ /ˈɪn/ /ðə, ði/ /mˈɪdəl
Simplified Pronunciation
US
SMAK in thuh MID-uhl
UK
smAK in thuh MID-uhl
Listen in Context
The ball landed smack in the middle of the field.
She sat smack in the middle of the class.
There was a tree smack in the middle of the garden.
We got stuck smack in the middle of traffic for hours.