souped up

[soop] Origin

soup

[soop]
noun
1.
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
2.
Slang. a thick fog.
3.
Slang. added power, especially horsepower.
4.
5.
Photography Slang. developing solution.
6.
soup up, Slang.
a.
to improve the capacity for speed or increase the efficiency of (a motor or engine) by increasing the richness of the fuel mixture or the efficiency of the fuel, or by adjusting the engine.
b.
to give spirit or vivacity to; enliven: a political rally souped up by the appearance of the candidates.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
7.
from soup to nuts,
a.
from the first through the last course of a meal.
b.
from beginning to end; to a complete, encompassing degree; leaving nothing out.
8.
in the soup, Informal. in trouble: He'll be in the soup when the truth comes out.

Origin:
1645–55; 1940–45 for def. 6; < French soupe, Old French souppe, sope < Germanic; compare Dutch sopen to dunk. See sop

soup·less, adjective
soup·like, adjective


1. broth, stock, potage.

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soup
"increase the horsepower of an engine," 1921, probably from soup (n.) in slang sense of "narcotic injected into horses to make them run faster" (1911), influenced by supercharge (v.).
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soup definition


  1. n.
    nitroglycerin, a liquid explosive. (Underworld.) : Lefty was a master with the soup till he blew off his hand.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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souped up definition


  1. mod.
    made more powerful. : Why do all cars driven by males under the age of twenty have to be souped up?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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