(all) het up

(all) het up

informal Unhappy, anxious, or angry. She's been het up waiting for the doctor to call with the test results. I was all het up as I waited for them to announce the winner. I haven't even said anything to you today, so I don't know what you’re all het up about.

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*(all) het up

Rur. very angry or upset. (All "heated" up. *Typically: get ~; be ~.) The boss got all het up when I said my project would be late. Jane gets real het up when folks tease her about her freckles.

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