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souped up

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soup

  [soop] ,
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–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, esp. horsepower.
4. Slang. nitroglycerine.
5. Photography Slang. developing solution.
—Verb phrase
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.
—Idioms
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; < F soupe, OF souppe, sope < Gmc; cf. D sopen to dunk. See sop

Related forms:
soupless, adjective
souplike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. broth, stock, potage.
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soup

  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

  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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Word Origin & History

soup  (v.)
"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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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