bang up

See also:bang-up

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bangup(notcomparable)

1. (idiomatic,oftenhyphenated)Good,superior,excellent.

   He's doing abang upjob.

Translations

superior, excellent

• German:spitzenmäßig(de),erstklassig(de)

Verb

bangup(third-person singular simple presentbangs up,present participlebanging up,simple past and past participlebanged up)

1. (transitive,informal)Todamage.

   Hebanged uphis new car last night.

2. (transitive,informal)To put someone inprison,or into their individualcell.

   Synonym:dub up

   He was so drunk that the policebangedhimupfor the night.

   • 2021December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques”, inRAIL,number947,page56:

     A combination of having too many plates spinning, ill-health, beingbanged upfor 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.

3. (slang,intransitive)Toinjectarecreational drug.
   • 1971,Army Digest,volume26,page31:

     I knew some fellows whobanged up,I mean heroin, but I kind of stayed away from it.

Usage notes

• In all senses theobjectof this verb may appear before or after theparticleup.However, if the object is apronoun,then it is placed before the particle.

Translations

to damage

• French:démolir(fr),(formal)endommager(fr),(colloquial)flinguer(fr),abimer(fr)
• German:zerdeppern(de),demolieren(de)
• Portuguese:danificar(pt),estragar(pt)
• Russian:разби́ть(ru)n(razbítʹ),разру́шить(ru)n(razrúšitʹ)