Meaning of SHIPSHAPE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ship`sheyp
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[adj] of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat" |
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SHIPSHAPE is a 9 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | tidy, trim, well-kept |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ship"shape`\, a.
Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;
orderly.
Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery
executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself
in a shipshape orthodox manner. --De Quincey.
Keep everything shipshape, for I must go --Tennyson.
\Ship"shape`\, adv.
In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
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