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shipshape

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ship·shape  (shpshp)
adj.
Marked by meticulous order and neatness; tidy. See Synonyms at neat1.
[Short for obsolete shipshapen, arranged as a ship should be : ship + shapen, past participle of shape.]
shipshape adv.
shipshape [ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp]
adj
neat; orderly
adv
in a neat and orderly manner
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Adj.1.shipshape - of placesshipshape - of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
trim, well-kept
tidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
shipshape
adjective tidy, neat, orderly, trim, businesslike, well-organized, uncluttered, well-ordered, well-regulated, spick-and-span, trig (archaic or dialect), Bristol fashion We moved in and soon had the place shipshape.
Translations
shipshape [ˈʃɪpʃeɪp] ADJ → en buen orden
all shipshape and Bristol fashion (Brit) → todo limpio y en su sitio
shipshape [ˈʃɪpʃeɪp] adj → en ordre impeccable
shipshape
adj, adv → tipptopp (inf); to get everything shipshape → alles tipptopp machen (inf); we’ll soon have you shipshape again, said the doctor (inf) → Sie werden bald wieder auf dem Damm sein, sagte der Arzt (inf); shipshape and Bristol fashion → in bester Ordnung
shipshape [ˈʃɪpˌʃeɪp] adj → in perfetto ordine
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