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beater-upper

beater-upper noun: one who beats people up.

Noun

beater-upper (plural beater-uppers)

  1. One who beats people up.
    • Yesterday he was doing just that by submitting to a thorough beating up at the hands of Miss Lupe Velez, who's probably the best beater-upper of either sex in Hollywood.1941 August 11, “Barrymore Beaten Up While Working For His Creditors”, in St. Petersburg Times
    • These are the muggers and beater-uppers, and car thieves and burglars and rapists, assaulters, and so on.1965, Hearings [Agriculture dept.]

Forms of beater-upper

pluralbeater-uppers

Questions about beater-upper

What does beater-upper mean?
Beater-upper means one who beats people up.
What part of speech is beater-upper?
Beater-upper is a noun.
What is the plural of beater-upper?
The plural of beater-upper is beater-uppers.

Words near beater-upper in the dictionary

  1. beaten up on
  2. beaten with the ugly stick
  3. beatenest
  4. beatenness
  5. beater
  6. beater-upper
  7. beater-uppers
  8. beaterman
  9. beatermen
  10. beaters
  11. beatest

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