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beat-up

[beet-uhp]

beat-up

[beet-uhp]
adjective
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Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
noun
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the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.

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Beat-up is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1935–40; adj., noun use of verb phrase beat up
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beat-up

adjective
damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford" [syn: battered
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