shipshape
pronunciation
How to pronounce shipshape in British English:
UK [ˈʃɪpʃeɪp]
How to pronounce shipshape in American English:
US [ˈʃɪpˈʃep]
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- Adjective:
- of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
Word Origin
- shipshape (adj.)
- also ship-shape, "properly arranged," 1640s, originally "according to the fashion of a (sailing) ship," where neatness is a priority and the rigging must be serviceable and stowed properly; from ship (n.) + shape (n.).
Example
- 1. It should be in their interest to keep the alliance shipshape .
- 2. Those books are shipshape on the shelf .
- 3. Dna , however , was spared their criticism . Now dr dror and greg hampikian , a forensic biologist at boise state university in idaho , have published a study in science & justice that suggests all is not shipshape in the domain of the double helix either .
- 4. Workshop requirement single house , shipshape , forklift forklift can go to the lavatory pass in and out , the doorway is ok car of container of pass in and out .
- 5. The algal oils are not themselves good fuel ; but a refinery in houston takes care of that , producing shipshape alkanes of the sort the navy likes .