hopped up

English

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Adjective

hopped up (not comparable)

  1. (slang, usually followed by "on") Drugged; intoxicated.
    You could see in his eyes that he was hopped up on goofballs.
  2. (slang) Mechanically enhanced for high performance; souped-up.
    • 2002, Ron Roberson, Middletown Pacemakers: The Story of an Ohio Hot Rod Club, Arcadia Publishing, page 1938:
      His car featured a hopped up Mercury engine and sported the fender skirts and DeSoto bumpers that were popular on hot rods of the era.

See also
  • hop up (“to make better, to soup up”)
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