单词 | hopped-up |
释义 | hopped-up[ hopt-uhp ] / ˈhɒptˈʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hopped-up ON THESAURUS.COM adjective Slang.excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant. having an engine with added power: a hopped-up jalopy. stimulated by narcotics; drugged; doped. Origin of hopped-upFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby hopped-upHoples, hoplite, hoplology, hop-o'-my-thumb, Hoppe, hopped-up, hopper, hopper barge, hopper car, hopper casement, hopper dredge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hopped-up
Idioms and Phrases with hopped-uphopped up Relating to a motor, especially a car engine, whose power has been increased. For example, Kids loved to ride around in hopped-up cars. [Slang; mid-1900s] Also see soup up. Stimulated with, or as if with, a narcotic. For example, Their idea of a good time is to get all hopped up on marijuana or worse. This slangy usage dates from the 1920s but may be related to the late 19th-century use of the noun hop for a narcotic, especially opium. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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