bang-upadj.adv.n.

Forms: Also banged-up.

Etymology: ? as if bang or close up to a line. Compare slap-up.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbang-up.

slang.

A. adj.

Quite up to the mark, stylish, in the pink of fashion. See also quot. 1811.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]

in (also into) request?1574

bonfacion1584

fashional?1607

of request1613

fashionablea1627

à la mode1642

all the mode1651

modish1661

in mode1664

timeish1676

of vogue1678

voguea1695

mody1701

alamodic1753

much the mode1767

tonish1778

go1784

stylish1800

bang-up1810

tippy1810

varmint1823

up to the knocker1844

gyvera1866

OK1869

fly1879

swagger1879

doggy1885

faddy1885

fantoosh1920

voguish1927

voguey1928

à la page1930

go1937

hard1938

hip1939

down1952

swinging1958

a-go-go1960

way-in1960

yé-yé1960

trendy1962

with-it1962

go-go1963

happening1965

mod1965

funky1967

together1968

fash1977

cred1987

1810 C. I. M. Dibdin Bang Up! 6 ‘Bang-up’ seems the watchword to be, From one tip-top driver to t'other.

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Bang Up, (Whip) quite the thing, hellish fine... A bang-up cove; a dashing fellow who spends his money freely. To bang up prime: to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style: as the swell's rattler and prads are bang up prime; the gentleman sports an elegant carriage and fine horses.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 122 Dance a bang up theatrical cotillion.

1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxviii. 253 Thus banged-up, sweeten'd, and clean shav'd.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton vii. 43 His spotted neckcloth knotted in bang-up mode.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. viii. 239 A slap-up gal in a bang-up chariot.

1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 28 This cloth is bang-up.

1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vii. 118 The salaries are bang-up nowadays.

1938 I. Kuhn Assigned to Adventure iv. 39 There'd be a bang-up dinner, then a drive to some place outside the city where they could dance.

B. adv. bang up = quite close up (to), right up (to).

In modern use, frequently in attributive phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] > exactly

like a tansy1619

bang up1819

that's the stuff (to give them or to give the troops)1923

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 154 A person, whose dress..is in the first style of perfection, is declared to be bang up to the mark. A man who has behaved with extraordinary spirit..is also said to have come bang up to the mark.

1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 10 Smart and sharp, bang up to the day.

1907 G. B. Shaw How he Lied in Wks. (1930) XI. 192 Do..you propose that we should walk right bang up to Teddy and tell him we're going away together?

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 260 Drive bang up against Trinity College gates.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 92/5 Bang-up-to-date neutron know-how.

1963 Listener 21 Feb. 353/2 They had a bang-up-to-the-minute subject in Mr. Harold Wilson's election to the Labour Party leadership.

C. n.

a. A man of fashion; a dandy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Pref. We trust..that the whole tribe of second-rate Bang ups will feel grateful [etc.].

1824 Examiner 613/1 Our Corinthians, Roués and Bang-ups.

1882 Punch 22 Apr. 185/1 The Trio turned into the Arcade and saw a number of gay sparks and fair ones promenading... These then are the dandies, the fops, the goes, and the bang-ups, these the Corinthians of to-day.

b. A heavy overcoat (see quot. 1903). U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of

pee1483

shuba1598

surtout1686

wrap-rascal1716

pea-jacket1717

box coat1718

toggy1742

jockey-coata1745

redingote1770

Polonese coat1774

pea coat1790

spencer1795

grego1809

benjamin1810

bang-up1835

pilot jacket1839

pilot coat1840

Petersham1842

taglioni1843

Chesterfield1852

siphonia1853

raglan1857

Inverness overcoat1865

immensikoff1870

Ulster1876

ulsterette1881

coat1889

polonaise1890

covert coata1893

benny1903

macfarlane1920

1810 Sporting Mag. Dec. 127/1 One article was..a bang-up great coat.]

1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 298 Dames in bang-ups, Shawls swath'd round men.

1842 Spirit of Times (Philadelphia) 13 Jan. A gentleman dressed in a dark coloured fashionable bang-up.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton xxi A green coat..over which he wore..a white ‘bang-up’, as it was called.

a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 396 His old grey frieze bang-up.

1853 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 11 June (De Vere) He was attired in an old bang-up, black vest, grey pants, and straw hat.

1903 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. 36 Bang-up, an old word for a heavy overcoat, still surviving in some parts of the Union.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bang-up
释义	bang-upadj.adv.n. Forms: Also banged-up. Etymology: ? as if bang or close up to a line. Compare slap-up.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbang-up. slang. A. adj. Quite up to the mark, stylish, in the pink of fashion. See also quot. 1811. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] in (also into) request?1574 bonfacion1584 fashional?1607 of request1613 fashionablea1627 à la mode1642 all the mode1651 modish1661 in mode1664 timeish1676 of vogue1678 voguea1695 mody1701 alamodic1753 much the mode1767 tonish1778 go1784 stylish1800 bang-up1810 tippy1810 varmint1823 up to the knocker1844 gyvera1866 OK1869 fly1879 swagger1879 doggy1885 faddy1885 fantoosh1920 voguish1927 voguey1928 à la page1930 go1937 hard1938 hip1939 down1952 swinging1958 a-go-go1960 way-in1960 yé-yé1960 trendy1962 with-it1962 go-go1963 happening1965 mod1965 funky1967 together1968 fash1977 cred1987 1810 C. I. M. Dibdin Bang Up! 6 ‘Bang-up’ seems the watchword to be, From one tip-top driver to t'other. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Bang Up, (Whip) quite the thing, hellish fine... A bang-up cove; a dashing fellow who spends his money freely. To bang up prime: to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style: as the swell's rattler and prads are bang up prime; the gentleman sports an elegant carriage and fine horses. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 122 Dance a bang up theatrical cotillion. 1821 W. Combe Third Tour Dr. Syntax xxxviii. 253 Thus banged-up, sweeten'd, and clean shav'd. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton vii. 43 His spotted neckcloth knotted in bang-up mode. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. viii. 239 A slap-up gal in a bang-up chariot. 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 28 This cloth is bang-up. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vii. 118 The salaries are bang-up nowadays. 1938 I. Kuhn Assigned to Adventure iv. 39 There'd be a bang-up dinner, then a drive to some place outside the city where they could dance. B. adv. bang up = quite close up (to), right up (to). In modern use, frequently in attributive phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] > exactly like a tansy1619 bang up1819 that's the stuff (to give them or to give the troops)1923 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 154 A person, whose dress..is in the first style of perfection, is declared to be bang up to the mark. A man who has behaved with extraordinary spirit..is also said to have come bang up to the mark. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. i. 10 Smart and sharp, bang up to the day. 1907 G. B. Shaw How he Lied in Wks. (1930) XI. 192 Do..you propose that we should walk right bang up to Teddy and tell him we're going away together? 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 260 Drive bang up against Trinity College gates. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 92/5 Bang-up-to-date neutron know-how. 1963 Listener 21 Feb. 353/2 They had a bang-up-to-the-minute subject in Mr. Harold Wilson's election to the Labour Party leadership. C. n. a. A man of fashion; a dandy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Pref. We trust..that the whole tribe of second-rate Bang ups will feel grateful [etc.]. 1824 Examiner 613/1 Our Corinthians, Roués and Bang-ups. 1882 Punch 22 Apr. 185/1 The Trio turned into the Arcade and saw a number of gay sparks and fair ones promenading... These then are the dandies, the fops, the goes, and the bang-ups, these the Corinthians of to-day. b. A heavy overcoat (see quot. 1903). U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of pee1483 shuba1598 surtout1686 wrap-rascal1716 pea-jacket1717 box coat1718 toggy1742 jockey-coata1745 redingote1770 Polonese coat1774 pea coat1790 spencer1795 grego1809 benjamin1810 bang-up1835 pilot jacket1839 pilot coat1840 Petersham1842 taglioni1843 Chesterfield1852 siphonia1853 raglan1857 Inverness overcoat1865 immensikoff1870 Ulster1876 ulsterette1881 coat1889 polonaise1890 covert coata1893 benny1903 macfarlane1920 1810 Sporting Mag. Dec. 127/1 One article was..a bang-up great coat.] 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 298 Dames in bang-ups, Shawls swath'd round men. 1842 Spirit of Times (Philadelphia) 13 Jan. A gentleman dressed in a dark coloured fashionable bang-up. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton xxi A green coat..over which he wore..a white ‘bang-up’, as it was called. a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 396 His old grey frieze bang-up. 1853 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 11 June (De Vere) He was attired in an old bang-up, black vest, grey pants, and straw hat. 1903 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. 36 Bang-up, an old word for a heavy overcoat, still surviving in some parts of the Union. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.adv.n.1810
随便看	acromions acromyodian acromyodic acromyodous acron acronal acronarcotic acronic acronical acronically acrons acronyctous acronym acronymania acronymaniac acronymic acronymically acronyming acronymize acronymous acronyms acrook acroparaesthesia acroparesthesia acropetal