Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Orderly and neat; tidy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In thorough order; well-arranged; hence, neat; trim.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
- adverb In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
meticulously neat andtidy - adjective
Organized ,serviceable ,trained and ready for action
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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MARINERS: Sinking M's not in shipshape twins | Comment | Recommend
Baseball News: MLB & Fantasy Stories, Teams, Stats, Scores & Schedules 2010
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MARINERS: Sinking M's not in shipshape twins | Comment | Recommend
Baseball News: MLB & Fantasy Stories, Teams, Stats, Scores & Schedules 2010
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'Frisco Kid went for'ard to help, and together they lowered the mainsail, furled it in shipshape manner, made all fast with the gaskets, and put the crutches under the main-boom.
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'Frisco Kid went for'ard to help, and together they lowered the mainsail, furled it in shipshape manner and made all fast with the gaskets, and put the crutches under the main-boom.
Chapter XI 1902
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Afterward 'Frisco Kid relieved Pete, and while he was eating Joe washed up the dishes and put the cabin shipshape.
Chapter XIII 1902
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Joe washed up the dishes and put the cabin shipshape.
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I always do and always shall read the last page of a novel first; and if I perceive there any indications that matters are not coming out "shipshape," my reading invariably terminates with the last page.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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The mast now looked "shipshape" and ready for future improvements.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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Now matters were already getting to be "shipshape," and no observer could fail to note the increased comfort enjoyed by Cap'n
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod James A. Cooper 1917
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"I wish you would, Bensie," said Polly, well pleased, for Polly dearly loved everything kept mended up, and "shipshape," as Mrs. Pepper used to say.
The Adventures of Joel Pepper Margaret Sidney 1884
madmouth commented on the word shipshape
"The ship's in shipshape shape"
-from Some Like it Hot
December 2, 2009