to be clapped
1clapped-out — adj BrE a clapped out car, machine etc is old and in very bad condition …
2clapped-out — [klapt′out′] adj. [Brit. Informal] Brit. Informal 1. worn out, obsolete, etc. [clapped out machinery] 2. exhausted; weary …
3clapped-out — [ ,klæpt aut ] adjective BRITISH INFORMAL old and in bad condition …
4clapped-out — clapped′ out′ adj. Brit. Informal. brit. worn out; exhausted • Etymology: 1945–50 …
5clapped-out — ► ADJECTIVE informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ worn out from age or heavy use …
6clapped-out — ¦klapˈdau̇t, aptˈau̇t adjective Etymology: from past participle of clap + out (I) chiefly Britain : worn out ; also : tired * * * /klapt owt /, adj. Brit. Informal …
7clapped-out — also clapped out ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a person or a machine as clapped out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly. [BRIT, INFORMAL] ...his clapped out old car. ...clapped out comedians …
8clapped out — adjective worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people) • Similar to: ↑worn • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ …
9Clapped — Clap Clap (kl[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clapped} (kl[a^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clapping}.] [AS. clappan; akin to Icel. & Sw. klappa, D, klappen, to clap, prate, G. klaffen, v. i., to split open, yelp, klopfen, v. t. & i., to knock.] 1. To… …
10clapped — 1) clapped out adj worn out, exhausted. The second of these essentially British terms has been adopted in the USA since the 1950s. They are normally applied to machines, particularly cars, although they derive originally from the idea of a person …