banged up

English

Adjective

banged up (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Spending time in prison or jail.
    My uncle has been banged up for ten years now; I haven't seen him in five.
  2. (informal) Physically injured or wounded.
    He is banged up: he suffers strain to left shoulder.

Quotations

  • "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." - "Middle Age: A Romance" (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 164)
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