slap-up
- adjective
- /slæp ʌp/
- UK
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de primera
- 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
188
7.0
Very good and impressive
134
3.0
Better than expected and quite good
66
7.3
Very good and enjoyable
60
8.8
Very stylish and liked by many people
49
3.8
Very high quality or done very well
42
6.0
Being clever and useful, often small and attractive
38
3.6
Of the highest quality and better than most similar things
24
6.7
Very good and impressive
24
6.9
Very good and pleasant, with no problems
16
7.8
Very good and of high quality
14
4.4
Very high quality and among the best
7
6.9
Very good and impressive
2
9.9
Very good or excellent in old, joking speech
1
9.9
Very good in quality and performance
Very good and fun to experience
Very good and enjoyable
Very good, enjoyable, and attractive in a lively way
Very good and the best in quality
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
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'.