Associations to the word «Shipshape»

Wiktionary

SHIPSHAPE, adjective. Meticulously neat and tidy
SHIPSHAPE, adjective. Organized, serviceable, trained and ready for action
SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION, adjective. (chiefly nautical) Tidily tied down and secure.

Dictionary definition

SHIPSHAPE, adjective. Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley