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    [Adjective]  | "amped-up" | \ ˈampt-ˈəp \


    1: filled with intense energy and excitement

    2: made more exciting, lively, energetic, or appealing


    Origin: 1973 ;

    [Verb]  | "amped (up)" 


    1: to give life, vigor, or spirit to;


      * e.g., " ... an important news story that doesn't need to be amped up with sensationalism "





    2: to make markedly greater in measure or degree;


      * e.g., " ... inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city "





     [ "amped (up)" ]

    1: Adjective for getting really excited about something--as in using "juice" for electricity--as in "amps."

      * e.g.,  ... That dude is seriously amped up about his gig tonight. 


     [ "amped (up)" ]

    2: Can also be used for "wired."

     [ "amp up" ]

    1: (vb) To turn up the volume or intensity.

      * e.g.,  ... The basketball team needs to amp up its defense.  

     [ "amped up" ]

    1: Visiting the Asian Massage Parlor, for one a happy ending.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, you're so tense, you gotta go get amped up before you hit the club." 

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