ALL meanings of beat-up
beat-up
B b - adjective beat-up Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy. 1
- noun beat-up the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets. 1
- noun beat-up (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media. 0
- adjective beat-up (chiefly of an object) Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair. 0