BANG UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bang up mean? 

• BANG UP (verb)
  The verb BANG UP has 2 senses:

1. damage or destroy as if by violence

2. make pregnant

  Familiarity information: BANG UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANG UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Damage or destroy as if by violence

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bang up; smash; smash up

Context example:

The teenager banged up the car of his mother

Hypernyms (to "bang up" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make pregnant

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bang up; impregnate; knock up; prang up

Context example:

He impregnated his wife again

Hypernyms (to "bang up" is one way to...):

fecundate; fertilise; fertilize; inseminate (introduce semen into (a female))

Verb group:

impregnate (fertilize and cause to grow)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody