bang-up
See also: bang up
English
Adjective
bang-up (comparative more bang-up, superlative most bang-up)
- (colloquial) Especially good; wonderful; superb.
- 1922, Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon [1]
- […] he had dined with the Hickses ("a bang-up show -- they're really lances-you wouldn't know them!"), and had met there Lansing […]
- 1988, Janice Holt Giles, The Enduring Hills[2]:
- “When we get to Nashville, let's find some nice place to eat, and let's have the best bang-up chicken dinner in town!”
- 1922, Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon [1]
Synonyms
- (especially good): awesome, impressive, outstanding, smashing