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Meaning of "bang up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BANG UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BANG UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bang up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bang up in English.

WHAT DOES BANG UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bang up in the English dictionary

The definition of bang up in the dictionary is to lock up in his or her cell, esp for the night.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BANG UP

PRESENT

Present
I bang up
you bang up
he/she/it bangs up
we bang up
you bang up
they bang up
Present continuous
I am banging up
you are banging up
he/she/it is banging up
we are banging up
you are banging up
they are banging up
Present perfect
I have banged up
you have banged up
he/she/it has banged up
we have banged up
you have banged up
they have banged up
Present perfect continuous
I have been banging up
you have been banging up
he/she/it has been banging up
we have been banging up
you have been banging up
they have been banging up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I banged up
you banged up
he/she/it banged up
we banged up
you banged up
they banged up
Past continuous
I was banging up
you were banging up
he/she/it was banging up
we were banging up
you were banging up
they were banging up
Past perfect
I had banged up
you had banged up
he/she/it had banged up
we had banged up
you had banged up
they had banged up
Past perfect continuous
I had been banging up
you had been banging up
he/she/it had been banging up
we had been banging up
you had been banging up
they had been banging up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bang up
you will bang up
he/she/it will bang up
we will bang up
you will bang up
they will bang up
Future continuous
I will be banging up
you will be banging up
he/she/it will be banging up
we will be banging up
you will be banging up
they will be banging up
Future perfect
I will have banged up
you will have banged up
he/she/it will have banged up
we will have banged up
you will have banged up
they will have banged up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been banging up
you will have been banging up
he/she/it will have been banging up
we will have been banging up
you will have been banging up
they will have been banging up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bang up
you would bang up
he/she/it would bang up
we would bang up
you would bang up
they would bang up
Conditional continuous
I would be banging up
you would be banging up
he/she/it would be banging up
we would be banging up
you would be banging up
they would be banging up
Conditional perfect
I would have bang up
you would have bang up
he/she/it would have bang up
we would have bang up
you would have bang up
they would have bang up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been banging up
you would have been banging up
he/she/it would have been banging up
we would have been banging up
you would have been banging up
they would have been banging up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bang up
we let´s bang up
you bang up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bang up
Past participle
banged up
Present Participle
banging up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BANG UP

bang
bang for one´s buck
bang goes
bang on
bang one´s head against a brick wall
bang tidy
bang to rights
bang-bang
bang-up
bangalay
Bangalore
bangalore torpedo
bangalow
bangalow palm
banger
bangin´
banging

WORDS THAT END LIKE BANG UP

big up
blowing up
bring up
drag up
flag up
gang up
give someone a leg up
hang up
hung up
leg up
mug up
rig up
ring up
rug up
strung up
tapping up

Synonyms and antonyms of bang up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bang up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BANG UP

Find out the translation of bang up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bang up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bang up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

砰起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

golpear hasta
570 millions of speakers

English

bang up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धमाके
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرقعة تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бац до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bang
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুহূর্তেই আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frapper jusqu´à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bang up
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップ強打
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bang up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đập lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேங் அப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घोटाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pataklamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bang
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bang
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бац до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bang sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Έκρηξη up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knal op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bang
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bang up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BANG UP»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BANG UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bang up

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QUOTES WITH «BANG UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bang up.
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Jimmy Webb
I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANG UP»

Discover the use of bang up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bang up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bang-up Season: A Novel
Follows the fortunes of the Fighting Irish football team of Saint Boniface High School in Savannah, Ga., during the fall of 1947
Mark Steadman, 1990
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Fanny Hill's Bang-Up Reciter, Friskey Songster
Published by the Library of Alexandria Fanny Hill's Bang-up Reciter, Friskey Songster Anonymous. Fanny Hill's Bang-Up Reciter, Friskey Songster Anonymous Fanny Hill's Bang-Up Reciter, Friskey Songster Anonymous. Front Cover.
Anonymous
3
The American Paint Horse
The name Bang Up shows up prominently in the ancestry of many outstanding running and showing horses in both the AQHA and the APHA. Before his tragic loss some years ago, he left his mark as a sire of Paint Horses through Bang Up 2, ...
Glynn W. Haynes, 1988
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Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
.s>A BANDY. A sixpence. Cant. BANG UP. (Whip.) Quite the thing. Well done. Complete. Dashing. In a handsome stile. 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 ...
Francis Grose, 1823
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Seize the Day: 7 Steps to Achieving the Extraordinary in an ...
bang-up. lesson. A. bang-up. lesson. Teaching people about costs is a powerful behavior modification tool, just like rewards are. While getting rewards for appropriate behavior is always more pleasant than receiving some form of punishment, ...
Danny Cox, John Hoover, 2002
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Julian Frankiyn, 1962 bang-up noun a period during which a prisoner is locked in a cell UK From the verb. • I was buffing the floor on my spur one day, over the teatime bang- up. — The Guardian, p. 7, 17th October 2002 bang up verb 1 to ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Chambers Dictionary
vi to make a loud noise; to slam; to inject a drug (slang); to dash, bounce (dialed)- — adv with a bang; abruptly; absolutely (as in bang up-to-date, bang in the middle). — adj complete, total (used for emphasis, as in the whole bang lot).
Allied Chambers, 1998
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
BANG TO RIGHTS rather the elephant, and bang up to the Elephant, qq.v. bang to rights. Applied, predicatively, to a 'fair cop', a justified charge, a perfect case against somebody: underworld, London's East End, police: since ca. 1930, at latest ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
9
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
bang-up . A dandy: in fast life (–1811). 1882 in Punch. Ex the adj.: 2. First-rate: Lex. Bal., 1811; Vaux, 1812, implies that it may, slightly earlier, have been (the certainly synonymous) bang-up to the mark; the Smiths in Rejected Addresses, ...
Eric Partridge, 2003
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The English dialect dictionary
Ll.n.1 We've no bangstraws noo as we ewst to hev afoore threshin' machines eurn'd up; A nick-name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer (i) (HAM...) [Bangy vb. + straw] BANG-UP, sb. Chs. Stf. Der. [berg-up] A substitute for  ...
J. Wright, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANG UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bang up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review - STAR WARS Dark Disciple by Christie Golden
Bang up job though! Oh, and no worries about that whole murder of the totally innocent best friend of his too. Vos went all darkside, murdered, ... «Boomtron.com, Jul 15»
2
Mega Man X: Corrupted - A fan game that looks just like the real thing
While Capcom has been pretty superb as of late porting the classic Mega Man games to modern consoles, it hasn't been doing such a bang up ... «TechnoBuffalo, Jul 15»
3
Bang Up Day
Independence Day throughout the Land of Uncle Sam. In this writer's opinion, all other national celebrations pale in comparison. Charcoal ... «Kokomo Perspective, Jul 15»
4
Bang up good time
Spectators watch fireworks during a previous Taylor Fourth of July Celebration and Annual Night Rodeo. This year the town will hold its ... «White Mountain Independent, Jul 15»
5
Bumble's Blog: An Ashes blockbuster starring Ben Stokes and David …
It's bang up-to-date, including the New Zealand series. All it needs now is a blockbuster Ashes ending… Watch every ball of the Investec Series ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
6
Heart of the city - Find out what's happening in the city today
We'll be in and around the city to make sure that you're the first to know everything and anything that's going on, keeping you bang up-to-date ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
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Thursday Morning Links
"Bang up job, kid, you passed the what-would-you-do-if-your-boss-were-arrested test." Jeff Banister is a big fan of shifts, and also, in a truly ... «Lone Star Ball, Jul 15»
8
Eric Abetz is confused about marriage equality
But he doesn't seem too fussed by the fact that some 72 per cent of The People in his own country seem to be bloody well bang up for some ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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How much does a wedding really cost and who should pay? | This is …
Alternatively call a cab, or even arrive in bang up-to-date style in an Uber. Favours. If you're on a budget, scrap them. By the time the wine starts ... «This is Money, Jul 15»
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Comic Review: Athena IX #1
Top Cow has done a bang up job with this franchise and I hope to see much, much more. Do yourself a favor, check it out. Athena IX #1 is ... «Geeks of Doom, Jul 15»

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