souped-up

Etymology

 * the fact that the earlier senses seem to be the horse racing cant and slang ones suggests a derivation from, connoting a horse or a person being filled with a liquid.

Alternatively, it has been suggested that the term is a modified, with reference to an aeroplane or automobile engine being supercharged: see, for example, the 1925 quotation. This sense appears to post-date the horse-racing and navy slang senses.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of a racehorse: injected with a substance to make it run faster or to change its temperament.
 * 2)  Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance.
 * 3)  Improved.
 * 4)  Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
 * 5)  Excited.
 * 1)  Improved.
 * 2)  Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
 * 3)  Excited.
 * 1)  Improved.
 * 2)  Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
 * 3)  Excited.
 * 1)  Improved.
 * 2)  Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
 * 3)  Excited.
 * 1)  Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
 * 2)  Excited.
 * 1)  Excited.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:drunk
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:enthusiastic

Translations

 * Serbo-Croatian: napumpan
 * Spanish:


 * German:
 * Serbo-Croatian: friziran
 * Spanish: