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Definition of Ginger up
1. Verb. Make more interesting or lively. "Pep up your paper"
Generic synonyms: Animate, Enliven, Invigorate, Liven, Liven Up
Definition of Ginger up
1. Verb. (transitive) to make something more interesting, fun, lively etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ginger Up
Literary usage of Ginger up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Write Business Letters by Walter Kay Smart (1916)
""Ginger-up letter" to salesmen A "rott of honor" letter Adams St. and ask for Mr.
Fred Price of WF Price and Sons. Mr. Price will tell you all about the ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"Picking ginger up, and holding him in his arms, the keeper stood in silence.
Presently a slight movement took place in the body of the terrier, ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"This'en' night's \\.>rk a winds my pig up, I can tell ye." Picking ginger up,
and holding him in his anus, the ! stood in silence. ..."
4. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"... figure up, fill up, fire up (a furnace), foot up (a column of figures), ginger
up, grow up, hang up 'to postpone or delay,' jolly up 'to cheer,' keep up ..."
5. The Attaché: Or Sam Slick in England by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1856)
"Curb him up, talk Yankee to him, and get his ginger up. Well, he looks well; but
he is ' a broke hoss.' He reminds you of Sam Slick; cause when you see a ..."
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