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- [hop uhp]
- /hɒp ʌp/
- /hɒp ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hop uhp]
- /hɒp ʌp/
Definitions of hopped up words
- adjective hopped up excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant. 1
- adjective hopped up having an engine with added power: a hopped-up jalopy. 1
- adjective hopped up stimulated by narcotics; drugged; doped. 1
- noun hopped up any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms. 1
- noun hopped up hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc. 1
- noun hopped up Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium. 1
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Origin of hopped up
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hopped up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hopped up popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hopped up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hopped up
adj hopped up
- benumbed — made numb; very cold
- comatose — A person who is comatose is in a coma.
- dazed — If someone is dazed, they are confused and unable to think clearly, often because of shock or a blow to the head.
- dopey — stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
- drugged — Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
verb hopped up
- upgrade — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- augment — To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
- supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- refine — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
Antonyms for hopped up
adj hopped up
- disappointed — depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
- sorrowful — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- sad — Systems Analysis Definition
- troubled — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- unhappy — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
verb hopped up
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- worsen — Make or become worse.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
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