beat-upn.adj.
slang. Chiefly U.S.
A. n.
(See quot. 1940.)
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > transition to normal flight > over an airfield
beat-up1940
1940 N. Monks Squadrons Up! i. 14 Comes back over the 'drome, above the heads..twenty feet off the ground... The boys call this a ‘beat-up’.
B. adj.
Worn out, shabby, showing signs of over-use.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > worn out
perusedc1475
withered1488
laboured1535
outworn1597
worn-out1612
effete1662
frazzled1872
jacked-up1874
crocky1906
bummed1907
rim-racked1916
shot1933
beaten-up1941
beat-up1946
clapped1946
1946 Amer. Speech 21 251 Beat up, an adjectival phrase of all work meaning damaged, worn-out or of unimpressive appearance.
1951 J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye ii. 11 He showed us this old beat-up Navajo blanket.
1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xviii. 135 The girl was sitting once more in the beat-up leather chair.
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n.adj.1940