verb
Meaning 1
To excite (people).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Phrase guide
hop up
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verb
Meaning 2
To get in a high vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To stand up quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Don't let the cat hop up onto the kitchen counter!
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verb
Meaning 6
make more powerful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he souped up the old cars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soup up, hot up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: modify
History
Etymology
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