English Dictionary: shipshape | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for shipshape | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shipshape \Ship"shape`\, adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shipshape \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. |