ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Beater-upper

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Beater-upper is a noun meaning One who beats people up.

Meaning

One who beats people up.

Example Sentences

These are the muggers and beater-uppers, and car thieves and burglars and rapists, assaulters, and so on.
[…] and, in the best sporting tradition, the Gordon player gratefully helped his beater-upper back to his feet.
Yesterday he was doing just that by submitting to a thorough beating up at the hands of Miss Lupe Velez, who's probably the best beater-upper of either sex in Hollywood.

Word Forms

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