hopped up

English

Pronunciation

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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.

Verb

hopped up

  1. simple past and past participle of hop up