Shipshape
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃɪpʃeɪp/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Shipshape is an adjective meaning (originally nautical) Meticulously neat and tidy.
Meaning
(originally nautical) Meticulously neat and tidy.
More Meanings
- (originally nautical) Neatly and tidily to a meticulous extent.
Example Sentences
Well, Captain Smollett, what have you to say? All well, I hope; all shipshape and seaworthy?
― When are you going out fishing again? / ― Oh, in about six weeks, when we're shipshape aloft.
SHIP-shape, in a seaman-like manner; as "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put her about ship-shape," &c.
Having made sure everything is shipshape, the colonel goes back to the controls and starts to bring the plane down.
Word Forms
- ship-shape
Synonyms for shipshape
Depending on context, synonyms include tight, in order, neat, orderly, prest, regular.
Antonyms for shipshape
Common opposites include chaotic, cluttered, disorderly, messy, ree-raw, riotous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include well-kept, tidy, trim, neat, excellent, perfect.
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