BEAT-UP


Meaning of BEAT-UP in English

/beet"up"/ , adj.

1. Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.

n.

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

[ 1935-40; adj., n. use of v. phrase beat up ]

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