bang up

Questions about bang up

What does bang up mean?

bang up means "damage or destroy as if by violence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bang up?

Close synonyms include smash up, smash, impregnate, knock up, prang up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bang up a common word?

bang up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.