Bang-up

Full definition of bang-up

Adjective

1. Especially good; wonderful; superb.
• 1922: Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&grouping=match&docs=TEI2&query=+bang-up+&sample=1-100&id=LewBabb...he had dined with the Hickses ("a bang-up show -- they're really lances-you wouldn't know them!"), and had met there Lansing...
• 1988: Janice Holt Giles, The Enduring Hills http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0813101859&id=Ln8JUbrZjMoC&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=bang-up&sig=7VNskAtwcHcMC9hVHDgIEz1GkwM“When we get to Nashville, let's find some nice place to eat, and let's have the best bang-up chicken dinner in town!”

Synonyms

• (especially good): awesome, impressive, outstanding, smashing