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clapped out

clapped out adjective: exhausted, worn out.

Adjective

clapped out (comparative more clapped out, superlative most clapped out)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Exhausted, worn out.
    • Accusations of letting a service run down deliberately will always be made if, to quote one local case, a mostly empty mid-day train continues to run, while in the same service an early morning train is discontinued, causing: (a) six men to lose their jobs; (b) four men to go on to permanent night...1964 November, E. N. Bellass, “Some questions for Mr. Mugliston”, in Modern Railways, pages 329–330
    • For now, the intensive Valleys services remain in the hands of increasingly clapped-out Class 150/2s.2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 49

Forms of clapped out

comparativemore clapped out
superlativemost clapped out
alternative formclapped-out

Questions about clapped out

What does clapped out mean?
Clapped out means exhausted, worn out.
What part of speech is clapped out?
Clapped out is an adjective.

Words near clapped out in the dictionary

  1. clapped cheeks
  2. clapped eyes on
  3. clapped in
  4. clapped on
  5. clapped one's cheeks
  6. clapped out
  7. clapped someone's cheeks
  8. clapped together
  9. clapped up
  10. clappedy
  11. clapper

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