Adjective : a beat-up old jalopy. From Dictionary.com.
A fellow student describes a beat-up white Nissan truck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2007] Reference
This photo that shocked the world showed a beat-up Rihanna. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2009] Reference
But he rented a beat-up Chevy King Cab and took to the road. From Wordnik.com. [Grin and Bear It] Reference
The last picture showed him climbing in a beat-up Chevy Nova. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Blind]
It makes me want to sit down on that beat-up porch and cry. From Wordnik.com. [And We Sell Apples 1977] Reference
Sleeping in a beat-up Chevy Caprice near a Maryland rest stop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2006] Reference
Instead, I just have these old beat-up books that look valuable. From Wordnik.com. [In a Strange City]
And this has -- this has been a little bit of a beat-up, frankly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference
We were on Park Avenue at 137th Street, in kind of a beat-up area. From Wordnik.com. [He’s the Angel of Harlem] Reference
We, for example, like to move about in beat-up looking Iraqi vehicles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2006] Reference
On this beat-up base, used by the Soviets, the Taliban, and al Qaeda, U.S. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2002] Reference
There ` s not a separate listing of old, beat-up trucks in the DMV listing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2007] Reference
In minutes Neal's beat-up Honda exited the garage and turned north on Polk. From Wordnik.com. [While Other People Sleep]
MALVEAUX (voice-over): Obama bought a beat-up compact, and started to explore. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2008] Reference
And for some reason he had it on and took it off and put on a beat-up old one. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2007] Reference
When they saw me, and how beat-up I looked, those same jaws just about hit the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Honeymoon]
He keeps a humble apartment in Mexico City and is driven around in a beat-up old sedan. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico: Ready For Prime Time?] Reference
In my early driving days, I was the proud owner of a beat-up 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T. From Wordnik.com. [2008 SEMA – Personal Picks] Reference
Mr. JOHN TENNY (Actor): You know, it's not the rundown, beat-up set that we had before. From Wordnik.com. [Power Player: Kyra Sedgwick Returns In 'The Closer'] Reference
And we had a beat-up piano in the corner, and I'd play after a fashion while he played. From Wordnik.com. [Benny Golson Recreates His Great 'Jazztet'] Reference
I pictured Rae, hunched over the beat-up desk in my old office, writing down the details. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
I got my first set of wheels, a beat-up old convertible with a rumble seat, when I was 18. From Wordnik.com. [Those Hand Gestures Didn't Mean 'Hello'] Reference
There's Grimm, walking around in a beat-up baseball hat, camaraderie leaking out his pores. From Wordnik.com. [Russ Grimm and the Hogs have a party] Reference
That it's exactly what Ed suggested and that is, that she was getting beat-up pretty badly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2009] Reference
Just then a car, an old beat-up Honda Civic, pulls up to the curb in front of the building. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Blind]
HAMMER (voice-over): That was a beat-up looking Howard Stern, a man who has lost everything. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2007] Reference
We look at the party's troubled state and how top candidates are trying to mend its beat-up image. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007] Reference
Friends say they saw Bianca climb into a beat-up van driven by a man who appeared to be in his 20s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2002] Reference
I squeezed the MG in between a new Toyota and a beat-up van and went looking for Goldring's number. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
An old university buddy who once drove across Europe with Sarkozy in a beat-up car saw it years ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2007] Reference
I was painting the trim on the house that next Saturday when Everett drove up in a beat-up old clunker. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
CHETRY: It just reminds me of the poor, beat-up principal walking along the bus with his pants ripped up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2009] Reference
Caroline parks behind an old, beat-up pickup truck with a metallic sign that reads JACK'S STABLE SERVICE. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Blind]
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