Phrase guide

bang up

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Good, superior, excellent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

Qualifier: often hyphenated

Examples

  • He's doing a bang up job.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To damage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • He banged up his new car last night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

Examples

  • He was so drunk that the police banged him up for the night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dub up

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To inject a recreational drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

make pregnant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He impregnated his wife again

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: impregnate, knock up, prang up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise

6

verb

Meaning 6

damage or destroy as if by violence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The teenager banged up the car of his mother

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smash up, smash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: damage

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: spitzenmäßig — superior, excellent
  • German: erstklassig — superior, excellent
  • Hungarian: bomba jó — superior, excellent
  • Hungarian: bombasztikus — superior, excellent
  • Polish: świetny — superior, excellent
  • Polish: zarąbisty — superior, excellent
  • Polish: super — superior, excellent
  • Polish: ekstra — superior, excellent
  • Polish: mega — superior, excellent
  • French: démolir — to damage
  • French: endommager — to damage
  • French: flinguer — to damage
  • French: abimer — to damage
  • German: zerdeppern — to damage
  • German: demolieren — to damage
  • Polish: rozwalać — to damage
  • Polish: rozwalić — to damage
  • Polish: uszkadzać — to damage
  • Polish: uszkodzić — to damage
  • Polish: stłuc — to damage
  • Polish: rozbijać — to damage
  • Polish: rozbić — to damage
  • Portuguese: danificar — to damage
  • Portuguese: estragar — to damage
  • Russian: разби́ть (razbítʹ) — to damage
  • Russian: разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) — to damage