Definitions
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- adjective horse racing, cant of horses injected with something to make them run faster or change their temperament (19th-early 20th century)
- adjective US Navy, slang drunk
- adjective of an engine modified for higher
performance (likely derived from the horse-racing term) - adjective Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, slang
excited
Etymologies
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Examples
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Understand: the JWST is not merely a souped-up Hubble.
Seth Shostak: American Space Research: An Also-Ran? Seth Shostak 2011
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Three black kids in sagging black denim huddle around a souped-up eighties Camaro with enormous chrome rims.
Monkeytown prologue/chapter first Chris Vola 2011
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Mourners will follow in souped-up, bodykitted Corsas with dustbin exhausts.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Understand: the JWST is not merely a souped-up Hubble.
Seth Shostak: American Space Research: An Also-Ran? Seth Shostak 2011
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And rather than a souped-up beach hut, the venue is Eugenius Birch's exquisite 1884 Grade II-listed Birdcage Bandstand.
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Mourners will follow in souped-up, bodykitted Corsas with dustbin exhausts.
Exclusive: Jade's Funeral Arrangements Leaked Dungeekin 2009
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A consortium of auto makers has agreed to a set of standards, including a decision to use a souped-up form of WiFi called 5.9-gigahertz DSRC—for dedicated short-range communications—for safety functions.
Car Talk and Talk and... Joseph B. White 2011
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The size of a Mini Cooper and nicknamed Curiosity, the rover is a souped-up version of the golf cart-size twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
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The size of a Mini Cooper and nicknamed Curiosity, the rover is a souped-up version of the golf cart-size twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
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Understand: the JWST is not merely a souped-up Hubble.
Seth Shostak: American Space Research: An Also-Ran? Seth Shostak 2011
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