Dictionary

slap-up en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (informal) Excellent, first-class.
   • "Isn't she a slap-up woman, eh, now?" pursued he; and began enumerating her attractions, as a horse-jockey would the points of a favourite animal. 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:
   • If you add the cost of occasional chartered taxis, souvenirs, a splurge every now and then on a slap-up meal or a mid-range hotel[…] 2003, Anthony Ham, Paul Greenway, Damien Simonis, Jordan:
   • 'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.' 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
   • "You take me somewhere where we can get a regular slap-up lunch. All this is the very worst thing for my nerves." -- "Lavenue's is about the best place round here," answered Philip. 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:

Forms

Translations (5)

ru первоклассный (first-class) · bg първокласен (first-class) · ru шика́рный (first-class) · ru парадный (first-class) · ru роско́шный (first-class)