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Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. (chiefly of an object) Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair

Substantiv

  1. (Australia, British, New Zealand) An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.

Exempel

  • “It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up."
  • Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.

Böjningsformer

Pluralbeat-ups
Komparativmore beat-up
Superlativmost beat-up