bang-up

See also: bang up

English

Adjective

bang-up (comparative more bang-up, superlative most bang-up)

1. (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!”

   • 1995 October 14, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

     Hobbes: But then the aliens take over the Earth.
     Calvin: Well, it's not like the grownups have done such a bang-up job.

Synonyms

• (especially good): awesome, impressive, outstanding, smashing