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beat-up Definition

☆ beat·-up (bēt′up′)

adjective

Slang dilapidated, battered, shabby, deteriorated, etc.

beat-up Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • wreck: There is also considerable satisfaction in restoring a beat-up old wreck into a showpiece.
  • van: Dad, Donald and children, Wayne and Wendy, buy a beat-up old ice cream van from car dealer Charlie Smythe.

Browse dictionary entries near beat-up

  1. ‹ beat
  2. ‹ beastly
  3. ‹ beastlike
  4. ‹ beastings
  5. ‹ beastie
  6. ‹ beast of prey
  7. ‹ beast of burden
  8. ‹ beast
  9. ‹ bearwood
  10. ‹ bearskin
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