bang
121bang-up — adj American excellent, exciting. The term occurred particularly in campus usage in the later 1990s, but was also recorded in British slang in the early 19th century where it was a shortening of phrases such as bang up to the mark …
122bang on — see bang on …
123bang-up — adj. (Colloquial) excellent, terrific, top notch (e.g. That sure was a bang up party; it may be the best one I ve ever been to!) …
124bang — [B] have sex with, lay Did you bang her, Ted? If I did, I wouldn t tell you …
125bang on — exactly right, very true, correct, spot on Your answer to Question 3 was bang on. It was correct …
126bang up — to imprison From the slamming of the door: Bang me up again, he thinks. Prison s the place where you go when you don t want to make decisions, (le Carré, 1996) …
127bang — I. v. a. 1. Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thrash, cudgel, thwack, handle roughly, deal roughly with. 2. Slam, shut with a bang. II. v. n. Ring, rattle, resound, re echo, clatter. III. n. 1. Clang, clangor, whang. 2. Blow, thump …
128bang-up — adjective AmE informal very good: He did a bang up job fixing the plumbing …
