beat-up

suomi-englanti sanakirja

beat-up englannista suomeksi

1. rähjäinen

0. Substantiivi

beat-up englanniksi

1. Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair

2. An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.

3. 2009, Natasha Robinson, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/james-packer-book-outrage-a-beat-up-says-paul-barry/story-e6frg90f-1225785791910| 'James Packer book outrage a beat-up, says Paul Barry', The Australian, Business section

“It has been suggested that this is a vicious book, a poisonous book, that it's a disgrace to have written it,” Mr Barry said at today's book launch. “That's a total beat-up."

4. 2009, Michael Cook, http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:DF1npakYzw8J:www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8701/+a+beat-up&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk| 'Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?', BioEdge

Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research.