"slap-up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more slap-up [comparative], most slap-up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} slap-up (comparative more slap-up, superlative most slap-up)
  1. (informal) Excellent, first-class. Tags: informal Translations (first-class): първокласен (pǎrvoklasen) (Bulgarian), роско́шный (roskóšnyj) [masculine] (Russian), первоклассный (pervoklassnyj) [masculine] (Russian), шика́рный (šikárnyj) [masculine] (Russian), парадный (paradnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-slap-up-en-adj-kaGID9-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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