Definitions for beat-up

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Spelling: [beet-uhp]
IPA: /ˈbitˈʌp/

Beat-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in beat-up (-abeptu).

Definitions for beat-up

noun

  1. the warpwise count of tufts of pile in the warp of carpets.

adjective

  1. Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use:

Origin of beat-up

First recorded in 1935-40; adj., noun use of verb phrase beat up

Examples for beat-up

In front of it stood a beat-up stove on top of which sat a shoulder of pork braising in hot manteca (lard).

But not without that bike in front of me with a big jukebox to distract me from being a beat-up little kid.

They come galloping in on camel-back or in beat-up old vehicles, firing their hunting rifles into the air.

Auerbach shoved himself down off the bench, and pulled out a beat-up package of cigarettes.

And yet, not only has the McConnell machine failed to shift into higher gear, it has sputtered worse than a beat-up jalopy.

The Aussie would drive from audition to audition in her beat-up car, only to be shot down on the regular.

As the sun sets, a cluster of punks from Phoenix arrive in two beat-up vans.

That same day, Hanger pulled over a beat-up Mercury Marquis with no license plates cruising down a highway headed to Kansas.

Alec, you beat-up little grease pot, what brings you to New York?

Word Value for beat-up
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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