bang-up
- adjective
- /ˈbæŋˌʌp/
- Informal
- Wow, the brush bar is actually doing a bang up job on here.
- bang-up job
- bang-up year
So like, I don't know that I've ever done a bang up job.
- So like, I don't know that I've ever done a bang up job.
- This time around, however, they did quite frankly a pretty bang up job.
- We could collect to our hearts content and we could really do a bang up job.
- He should have got top four with Leicester City bang up.
Examples
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Well, the first agent you sent did a real bang-up job.
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Catholic Community Services is run by lay people and is doing a bang-up job.
Blog text (7) -
You did a bang up job:
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You guys are doing a bang-up job!
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In fact, you really do a bang-up job, and it shows in so many ways...
Blog text (25) -
"You just did a bang-up job," I say.
Fiction book (1999) -
And you did a bang-up job, too.
Fiction book (1994) -
Your generation has done a bang-up job!
Blog text (27) -
I'm sure you and Brad will do a bang-up job with that.
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You guys are doing a bang-up job!
Synonyms
Very good or excellent in quality
Very good and better than most similar things
Very good and impressive
Better than expected and quite good
Very good and impressive at a skill
Very good and enjoyable
Very stylish and liked by many people
Being clever and useful, often small and attractive
Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
Very good and impressive
Very good and pleasant, with no problems
Very high quality and among the best
Very high quality and lasts a long time
Very good and impressive
Very good and impressive
Of the highest quality, better than others like it
Very good or excellent in old, joking speech
Very good in quality and performance
Very good and the best in quality
Very good and of high quality
Very good, enjoyable, and attractive in a lively way
Very good and large, often used for a meal or party
Very good and enjoyable
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bang-up comes from the simple words bang 'a loud, strong hit or noise' and up 'higher' or 'better'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a loud bang that lifts something up, so a bang-up job is an excellent, top-quality job.