Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bang up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: bang up
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Good, superior, excellent.

verb

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To inject a recreational drug.

Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"He's doing a bang up job."
"He banged up his new car last night."
"He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night."
"A combination of having too many plates spinning, ill-health, being banged up for debt (1822-23) and bankruptcy all served to impede James' progress, although the Central Junction Railway - a 16-mile horse-drawn tramway between Stratford and Moreton (Gloucestershire) - did materialise in 1826."
"I knew some fellows who banged up, I mean heroin, but I kind of stayed away from it."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bangs up (present, singular) banging up (participle, present) banged up (participle, past) banged up (past)

Synonyms

dub up impregnate knock up prang up smash up smash

Questions

What does bang up mean?: Good, superior, excellent.

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