Feedback
Beat up
Your browser does not support the audio element.
Meaning
Verb
●
To give a
severe
beating to
; to
assault
violently
with
repeated
blows.
●
To
attack
suddenly
; to alarm.
●
To cause, by some other means,
injuries
comparable
to the result of being
beaten
up.
●
To feel
badly
guilty
and
accuse
oneself
over something. (Usually
followed by
over or about.)
●
In Military:
To
repeatedly
bomb
a
military
target
or
target
s.
●
To get something done (derived from the
idea
of
beating
for game).
●
In Nautical:
To
sail
to
windward
using a
series
of
alternate
tacks
across the wind.
●
To
disturb
; to
pay
an
untimely
visit
to.
●
To go
diligently
about in order to get
helpers
or
participants
in an enterprise.
Adj
●
Battered by time and
usage
;
beaten
up.
Noun
●
A person who, or
thing
that, has been
beaten
up.
●
In British English:
An
act
of
beating
up:
A raid.
●
In Violence:
An
act
of
beating
up:
A
beating
; a hazing.
●
In Australian English, British English & New Zealand English:
An
artificially
or
disingenuously
manufactured
alarm
or
outcry
, especially one
agitated
by or through the media.
●
In Forestry:
A
tree
planted
later
than others in a plantation.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Process
Beat-Up
Beat
Dilapidated
Hazing
Get
Do Over
Rough Up
Work Over
Beaten Up
Join 10 million students and professionals writing 70% faster at QuillBot.com
Start writing better