slap-up

Questions about slap-up

What does slap-up mean?

slap-up means "very good".

How many syllables are in slap-up?

slap-up has 2 syllables and divides as sla-p-up under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for slap-up?

Close synonyms include bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy. 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 slap-up a common word?

slap-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.