souped-up

== English == === Alternative forms === souped, souped up, suped-up === Etymology === Uncertain; the fact that the earlier senses seem to be the horse racing cant and United States Navy slang ones suggests a derivation from soup (“liquid food item”), connoting a horse or a person being filled with a liquid. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the term is a modified clipping of supe(r), with reference to an airplane or automobile engine being supercharged: see, for example, the quotation from 1925. This sense appears to post-date the horse-racing and navy slang senses. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsuːpt ʌp/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsupt ʌp/ === Adjective === souped-up (comparative more souped-up, superlative most souped-up) (horse racing, cant) Of a racehorse: injected with a substance to make it run faster or to change its temperament. [from 19th to early 20th c.] (road transport, slang) Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance. (by extension) Improved. (US, naval slang) Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. (US, chiefly New England, slang) Excited. ==== Synonyms ==== (modified for higher performance): hopped up (drunk): juiced; see also Thesaurus:drunk (excited): juiced, pumped; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === souped-up simple past and past participle of soup-up ==== Translations ==== === References ===