bang-up

1 of 2

adjective

: first-rate
a bang-up job

bang up

2 of 2

verb

banged up; banging up; bangs up

transitive verb

: to cause extensive damage to

Examples of bang-up in a Sentence

Adjective you did a bang-up job on this sales report
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Adjective
All in all, it’s been a bang-up couple weeks for USC’s program. Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025 The Pitt first and foremost has to be good, and Max will need to do a bang-up job marketing the show — not just ahead of its launch but week-to-week. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
And so, this is the first, like, smell of it, the first sense of it—that in a supposedly liberal democracy people are getting banged up for five years for doing Zoom calls. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025 Quinn Hughes, who got banged up last game against the Stars, did not dress after being listed as a game-time decision. Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bang-up 

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

bang entry 3

Verb

bang entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

1810, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1886, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bang-up was in 1810

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Cite this Entry

“Bang-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bang-up. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

bang-up

adjective
ˈbaŋ-ˌəp
: first-rate, excellent
had a bang-up time
a bang-up job
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