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dinged-up

dinged-up adjective: battered, dented by blows, injured.

Adjective

dinged-up (comparative more dinged-up, superlative most dinged-up)

  1. battered, dented by blows, injured
    • “Besides the possible concussion, I'm going to guess at least two dinged-up ribs—” She paused, probing, while he did his best not to lose his dignity and throw up on her very clean, white athletic shoes.2008, Shadow Hawk, by Jill Shalvis, page 54
    • You have a concussion and are more use to the Navy with a working brain than without, plus you're 'bout as dinged up as that ship is. Look at your shoulder.”2011, The Beautiful Mistake, by Steve Zingerman, page 1

Forms of dinged-up

comparativemore dinged-up
superlativemost dinged-up
alternative formdinged up

Origin of dinged-up

see ding (v.)

Questions about dinged-up

What does dinged-up mean?
Dinged-up means battered, dented by blows, injured.
What part of speech is dinged-up?
Dinged-up is an adjective.

Words near dinged-up in the dictionary

  1. dinge
  2. dinge queen
  3. dinge queens
  4. dinged
  5. dinged up
  6. dinged-up
  7. Dingee
  8. dingeing
  9. Dingell
  10. Dingells
  11. dinger

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