SHIPSHAPE

shipshape, trim, well-kept

(adjective) of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; “even the barn was shipshape”; “a trim little sailboat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

shipshape (comparative more shipshape, superlative most shipshape)

(originally, nautical) Meticulously neat and tidy.

Synonyms: shipshape and Bristol fashion, tight, Thesaurus:orderly

Antonym: Thesaurus:disorderly

Adverb

shipshape (comparative more shipshape, superlative most shipshape)

(originally, nautical) Neatly and tidily to a meticulous extent.

Synonym: handsomely

Anagrams

• hashpipes

Source: Wiktionary

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Ship"shape`, a.

Definition: 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.

Definition: In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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