slap-up
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8.9
- adjective
- /slæp ʌp/
- UK
- For her birthday, he surprised her with a slap-up meal at a fancy hotel.
Examples
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I'm going to take her out for a nice, expensive, slap-up meal.
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Why don't you come out and have a slap-up lunch with me?
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Good for a slap-up Sunday roast.
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Slap-up, champagne, the whole board of directors.
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I'd spent a long time talking to his father's solicitor, I was hungry, and I had promised myself a slap-up meal.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's a slap-up meal for penguins desperate to feed their chicks.
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But once Hazel invites the whole family for a slap-up weekend in Indianapolis.
Fiction book (1996) -
We enjoyed a slap-up dinner at the new restaurant downtown.
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Every Saturday, they treat themselves to a slap-up brunch with friends.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very good or excellent in quality
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3.0
Better than expected and quite good
218
7.0
Very good and impressive
98
7.3
Very good and enjoyable
59
8.8
Very stylish and liked by many people
51
3.6
Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
48
6.7
Very good and impressive
45
3.8
Very high quality or done very well
40
6.0
Being clever and useful, often small and attractive
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4.4
Very high quality and among the best
29
6.9
Very good and pleasant, with no problems
29
7.6
Very good, enjoyable, and attractive in a lively way
21
7.8
Very good and the best in quality
18
9.9
Very good or excellent in old, joking speech
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7.8
Very good and of high quality
12
6.9
Very good and impressive
7
8.6
Very good and fun to experience
4
8.4
Very good and enjoyable
2
9.9
Very good in quality and performance
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word slap-up comes from using slap to mean 'big' or 'generous', with up added to make it stronger. So a slap-up meal was a large, fancy one, which is why slap-up now means 'excellent' or 'first-rate'.