clapped out
adjective mainly UK informalDefinition
› describes machines that are old and no longer work well: [before noun] She drives a clapped-out old Mini.In bad condition › describes people who are very tired or unhealthy: I felt too clapped out to go to aerobics last night.Tired and making tired
(Definition of clapped out adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- have shot your bolt idiom
- jet lag noun
- poop verb (TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- stupefy verb (TIRE)
- whacked adjective
Topic:
Tired and making tired
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