Adjective: bang-up bang-úp
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Excellent
"he did a bang-up job";
- bully [informal], corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], great, groovy [informal], keen, neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], old, not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal], lovely
Usage: informal
- Damage or destroy as if by violence
"The teenager banged up the car of his mother";
- smash up, smash
- Make pregnant
"The mare was banged up";
- impregnate, knock up [informal]
Derived forms: banged up, bangs up, banging up
See also: good
Type of: damage, fecundate, fertilise [Brit], fertilize, inseminate