Definition of Hopped-up

1. Adjective. (of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power. "A hopped-up jalopy"

Category relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar
Similar to: Powered

2. Adjective. Under the influence of narcotics.
Exact synonyms: Stoned
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Drunk, Inebriated, Intoxicated

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopped-up

hoplite
hoplites
hoplitic
hoplo-
hoplochrism
hoplochrisme
hoplon
hoplons
hoplophobe
hoplophobes
hoplophobia
hoplophobic
hopologist
hopologists
hopped
hopped-up (current term)
hopped up
hopper
hopper crystal
hopperings
hoppers
hoppet
hoppier
hoppiest
hoppiness
hopping mad
hoppings
hoppity
hopple

Literary usage of Hopped-up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1904)
"At first he hopped up to the left of the door; on the far end covered ... And in the second of this new series he hopped up on the side of the cage much as ..."

2. Kindergarten Review (1902)
"But the little black creature seemed to know what they were, for it hopped up on to the lowest one, and then hopped up step by step, ..."

3. The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer: Continued to the Present Time by Richard Burn (1797)
"... to be Hopped up, and the foil thereof fo.ld, ... as herein before directed concerning highways to be Hopped up or ..."

4. Little Folks' Land: The Story of a Little Boy in a Big World by Madge Alford Bigham (1907)
"So Jenny Wren hopped up the steps, not the least bit afraid—she knew Billy did not live there—and then she hopped up and down the porch. ..."

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