hopped-up

[ hopt-uhp ]
/ ˈhɒptˈʌp /
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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-up

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby hopped-up

hoples, hoplite, hoplology, hoppe, hopped up, hopped-up, hopper, hopper barge, hopper car, hopper casement, hopper dredge

Words related to hopped-up

benumbed, comatose, dazed, dopey, drugged, floating, flying, high, intoxicated, loaded, smashed, spaced-out, stoned, stupefied, unconscious, coked, ripped

Example sentences from the Web for hopped-up

  • Maybe there would be a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.

    Anything You Can Do ... |Gordon Randall Garrett

  • Maybe they'd have a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.

    Anything You Can Do |Gordon Randall Garrett

  • Then where is this hopped-up layout anyway, fellah, if it ain't on Earth?

    Zehru of Xollar |Hal K. Wells