Definition of beaten-up

Overview of verb beat-up

The verb beat up has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. beat, beat up, work over

(give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")

2. beat up, drum up, rally

(gather; "drum up support")

Overview of adj beaten-up

The adj beaten-up has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. battered, beat-up, beaten-up

(damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford")