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Definition of Soup up
1. Verb. Make more powerful. "He souped up the old cars"
Definition of Soup up
1. Verb. To modify the engine of a motor vehicle to give a higher performance than the specifications. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soup Up
Literary usage of Soup up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celebrated Trials of All Countries, and Remarkable Cases of Criminal (1847)
"She carried the soup up. There were no other persons in the room but Mrs.
Chapman and Lino. I left them there. I don't recollect when I saw Mrs. Chapman ..."
2. Celebrated Trials of All Countries: And Remarkable Cases of Criminal by John Jay Smith (1836)
"She carried the soup up. There were no other persons in the room but Mrs.
Chapman and Lino. I left them there. I don't recollect when I saw Mrs. Chapman ..."
3. Trial of Lucretia Chapman: Otherwise Called Lucretia Espos Y Mina, who was by Lucretia Chapman, Carolino Estradas de Mina, William Ewing Du Bois (1832)
"She carried the» soup up. There were no other persons in the room, but Mrs.
Chapman and Lino. I left them there, I don't recollect when I saw Mrs. Chapman ..."
4. Trial of Lucretia Chapman: Otherwise Called Lucretia Espos Y Mina, who was by Lucretia Chapman, Carolino Estradas de Mina, William Ewing Du Bois (1882)
"... to get something to use—I don't recollect what. I found Mina in there, and Mrs.
Chapman went up just before me. She carried the soup up. ..."
5. Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book: Adapted for Families in by William Augustus Henderson, David Hughson (1828)
"... your broth when you take it from the beef, and let them stew in it for half
an hour; but remember to take out the mutton before you serve the soup up. ..."
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