clapped out
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Exhausted, worn out.
Register: slang
Examples
Accusations of letting a service run down deliberately will always be made if, to quote one local case, a mostly empty mid-day train continues to run, while in the same service an early morning train is discontinued, causing: (a) six men to lose their jobs; (b) four men to go on to permanent night s
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “clapped out” mean?
Exhausted, worn out.
Is “clapped out” formal or informal?
clapped out is generally slang.