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hopped up |
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hopped up 1. Sl. intoxicated with drugs or alcohol; stimulated by drugs or alcohol. The old man was hopped up again. He was addicted to opium. John usually gets hopped up on the weekends. 2. Inf. excited; enthusiastic. What are you hopped up about now? You're certainly cheery. I always get hopped up when I think of mountain climbing. hopped up very active and excited The union is hopped up about rumors that some of these jobs may be eliminated. Usage notes: often used to describe someone who is influenced by drugs: I was pretty hopped up on coffee. I don't want some guy hopped up on drugs next to me working on a machine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Accepting this invitation with a dignity peculiar to himself, the bird hopped up on his master's shoulder, from that to his extended hand, and so to the ground. The robin-redbreasts in the shrubbery outside must have had prodigious balances at their bankers; they hopped up on the window-sill so fearlessly; they looked in with so little respect at the two rich men. Such was his confidence, that when a moose-bird impudently hopped up to him, he reached out at it with a playful paw. |
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