souped-up

Meaning

Adj

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

Verb

simple past and past participle of soup-up

Synonyms

aboil

geed up

excitive

increase of efficiency

souped

Translations

متحمس

متهيج

exaltat

gonflé

enthousiasmé

accalorato

excitado

entusiasmado

incrementado

heyecanlanmış

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsuːpt ʌp/

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 aeroplane 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.