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hop up
1. To stand up quickly. I hopped up to answer the door. We all hopped up from the floor when Bobby spilled his drink. I hopped up when I realized there was a spider on the couch!
2. To reach someone or something by hopping. I was just sitting here when, all of a sudden, a bunny hopped up! The kids think it's fun to hop up to the bus stop these days. I could hardly believe my eyes when a kangaroo hopped up to our takeaway window!
3. slang To modify something in order to increase its power or performance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hop" and "up." He's spent a fortune hopping up his car for drag racing. We've hopped our computers up to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds. You hopped up this engine, didn't you? It really roars now!
4. slang To become high on some substance, often a drug. Often used in passive constructions. I've never seen her so energized before—I hope she's not hopped up on something. Kevin is all hopped up on coffee—how many cups do you think he had? Why are you talking so fast? Are you hopped up on something?
hopped up
1. Stimulated by drugs or something likened to them. You can tell when he's hopped up because his pupils are all dilated. I woke up feeling awful, and if I hadn't been hopped up on cold medicine, I wouldn't have gotten a thing done today. If the kids are all hopped up on sugar, they'll be running around all day long.
2. Excited. Oh, he's just hopped up about this new video game he got. Dude, I'm so hopped up for the concert tonight—I can't wait to finally see my favorite band live! The crowd is getting really hopped up right now, so let's send out the starters for the game.
3. Faster or more powerful than normal, as of a car that's had such alterations made to it. I can't drive your hopped up car—I can barely handle Mom's minivan! Now that our computers are hopped up, they can run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds. Woo! Listen to that hopped up engine roar!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
hop something up
Sl. to make a machine, especially a car, run extra fast or give it extra power. He will take that junk heap home and hop it up. He spent nearly every evening hopping up his old car.
hop up (to someone or something)
[for an animal] to come close to someone or something by hopping. The bunny hopped up to me and just sat there. It hopped up and stared.
hopped up
1. Sl. intoxicated with drugs or alcohol; stimulated by drugs or alcohol. The old man was hopped up again. He was addicted to opium. John usually gets hopped up on the weekends.
2. Inf. excited; enthusiastic. What are you hopped up about now? You're certainly cheery. I always get hopped up when I think of mountain climbing.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
hopped up
1. 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.
2. 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® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
hop up
v. Slang
To stimulate someone with or as if with a drug. Used chiefly in the passive: The drug addicts were hopped up on cocaine.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
hop something up
tv. to make a machine, especially a car, run extra fast or give it extra power. He will take that junk heap home and hop it up.
hopped up
1. mod. stimulated by drugs. (Drugs.) Two hopped up kids were hunkered down in the alley.
2. mod. [of a car] customized and speeded up. As soon as I get this hog hopped up, you’ll see some real speed.
3. mod. excited. Paul is certainly hopped up about something.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.