Beat-up
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Beat-up is an adjective meaning (Australia, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
Meaning
(Australia, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
More Meanings
- (chiefly of an object, informal) Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair
Example Sentences
2009, Michael Cook, 'Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?', BioEdge Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.
2009, Natasha Robinson, 'James Packer book outrage a beat-up, says Paul Barry', The Australian, Business section “It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up."
Word Forms
- beat-ups
Synonyms for beat-up
Depending on context, synonyms include battered, damaged.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include battered, damaged, worn, worn out, beat, well-worn.
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