hopped-up

hopped-up

[hopt-uhp]
adjective Slang.
1.
excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
2.
having an engine with added power: a hopped-up jalopy.
3.
stimulated by narcotics; drugged; doped.

Origin:
1920–25

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hopped-up

adjective
1. (of an automobile) having the engine modified to give extra power; "a hopped-up jalopy" 
2. under the influence of narcotics 
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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