A fork of Rural Dictionary
Anyone that looks like they have been beaten up, or the action of beating someone up
"He looks like a beat-up" or "I'm gonna open up a can of beat-up on his arse"
A news story that has been written in such a way to make it appear more dramatic or sensational than it actually is. Typically accompanied by an attention-grabbing headline.
That story of a man giving birth was a beat-up.