beat-up

adjective

Examples of beat-up in a Sentence

drives the same beat-up truck he had in high school
Recent Examples on the Web The chilly weather calls for cozy clothes, but my beat-up sweats are far from cute these days. Clara McMahon, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024 Easy to dress up with skirts and trousers, or down with a beat-up pair of jeans, this versatile essential has a place in everyone’s closet. Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024 Larson became infamous in 1984 as a nerdy unemployed guy with three ex-wives, who travels across country in his beat-up ice cream truck to audition for the CBS daytime game show Press Your Luck. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024 The video splices clips of Becky, dressed in Willy Chavarria, while a stampede of men circles her at the junkyard and a crane claws through beat-up cars around her. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beat-up 

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Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of beat-up was in 1863

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“Beat-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat-up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

beat-up

adjective
ˈbēt-ˌəp,
-ˈəp
: worn or damaged by use or neglect
a beat-up old car
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