beating-up

[bee-ting-uhp]

beat·ing-up

[bee-ting-uhp]
noun
1.
a severe thrashing administered for intimidation or revenge.
2.
Textiles. the process by which the loose pick is made an integral part of the woven material.

Origin:
1945–50
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Beating-up is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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