Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banged up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: banged up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of bang up

adj

Spending time in prison or jail.

Informal

adj

Physically injured or wounded.

Informal

Example Sentences

"My uncle has been banged up for ten years now; I haven't seen him in five."
"“Well I can tell you why I didn’t. It wasn’t necessary, Mr. Finch. She was mighty banged up. Something sho‘ happened, it was obvious.”"
""It does hurt, not just my ankle but all over. I'm banged up like hell. But I'm not, you know, hurt. Like needing an X Ray or the infirmary or whatever.""

Usage

Informal

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Synonyms

behind bars incarcerated imprisoned put away hurt injured banged up crocked fucked up gimped imbrued jacked up

Questions

What does banged up mean?: simple past and past participle of bang up

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