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bang-up

bang-up adjective: especially good; wonderful; superb.

Adjective

bang-up (comparative more bang-up, superlative most bang-up)

  1. (colloquial) Especially good; wonderful; superb.
    • It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent...1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
    • […] he had dined with the Hickses ("a bang-up show -- they're really lances-you wouldn't know them!"), and had met there Lansing […]1922, Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon

Synonyms of bang-up

Forms of bang-up

comparativemore bang-up
superlativemost bang-up

Phrases with bang-up

Questions about bang-up

What does bang-up mean?
Bang-up means especially good; wonderful; superb.
What part of speech is bang-up?
Bang-up is an adjective.

Words near bang-up in the dictionary

  1. bang-on
  2. bang-straw
  3. bang-straws
  4. bang-tail
  5. bang-tails
  6. bang-up
  7. bang-up cove
  8. bang-up coves
  9. Banga
  10. Bangaan
  11. Bangabhumi

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