"bang up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-bang up.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bang up (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic, often hyphenated) Good, superior, excellent. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (superior, excellent): spitzenmäßig (German), erstklassig (German)
    Sense id: en-bang_up-en-adj-r2cwESnZ

Verb

Audio: en-au-bang up.ogg Forms: bangs up [present, singular, third-person], banging up [participle, present], banged up [participle, past], banged up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bang up (third-person singular simple present bangs up, present participle banging up, simple past and past participle banged up)
  1. (transitive, informal) To damage. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to damage): démolir (French), endommager [formal] (French), flinguer [colloquial] (French), abimer (French), zerdeppern (German), demolieren (German), danificar (Portuguese), estragar (Portuguese), разби́ть (razbítʹ) [neuter] (Russian), разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bang_up-en-verb-ZNFiqDmD Disambiguation of 'to damage': 98 1 1
  2. (transitive, informal) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: dub up
    Sense id: en-bang_up-en-verb-KBwWuXbm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 88 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 4 9 80 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 12 77 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 5 82 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 87 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 15 71 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 12 74 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 9 70 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 12 79 9
  3. (slang, intransitive) To inject a recreational drug. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-bang_up-en-verb-wAyiCQJo

Inflected forms

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