ADJECTIVE
- under the influence of narcotics
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(of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power
a hopped-up jalopy
How To Use hopped-up In A Sentence
- Decant about a third of the spirit and set it aside, then top up the bottle with chopped-up sweets. The Sun
- The greatest thing about this picture, adapted from a novel by "William Irish" (a pen name for Cornell Woolrich) is its completely invented reality which, while certainly informed by German Expressionism, spins off into a realm of horrific hilarity, as in the picture's legendary "jazz drummer" sequence, wherein Raines, dolled up and playing hep-kitten, eggs on hopped-up Elisha Cook Jr. (who has information that could exonerate Raines 'boss) to a kind of percussive orgasm. In The Company Of Glenn
- I also discovered that if you don't have any raisins or sultanas to hand, a chopped-up plum will work just fine as stuffing for a baked apple.
- Every chopped-up joint of cane that floats downstream can sprout another stand. The Media Consortium: Weekly Mulch: The Dirty Truth about Natural Gas and Energy Innovation
- Gather my leaves and all my minerals, fix myself a bowl of vegetables, ice cold water and chopped-up fruits, gonna be a long day so I throw on my boots …" Who's in? Readers recommend songs about the Beatles
- She used real ham, not that chopped-up swill sold in the 7-Eleven, and she browned her onions because I liked them that way. Miracles, Inc.
- You could add some prawns if you have them or some chopped-up leftover roast chicken. Times, Sunday Times
- You'd always see him feeding the birds bits of chopped-up apple in his front garden. The Sun
- At about 2 a.m. on a November night, a former hedge fund manager named Donald Longueuil allegedly left his apartment in Manhattan with fragments of chopped-up hard drives tucked in his jacket. Federal investigators expose vast web of insider trading
- A brawler this is, an alley fighter, a hopped-up offensive gone freak.