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    [Adjective]  | "turn*up" | \ ˈtər-ˈnəp \


    1: turned up

    2: made or fitted to be turned up


    Origin: 1682 ;

    [Noun]  | "turn*up" | \ ˈtər-ˌnəp \


    1: something that is turned up


    Origin: 1688 ;

    [Verb]  | "turn up" 


    1: find, discover

    2: to raise or increase by or as if by turning a control

    3: to look up (a word, a fact, etc.) in a book


    Origin: 1580 ;

    [Idiom]  | "come/turn up trumps" 


    1: to do or provide what is necessary in order to succeed

    [Idiom]  | "turn one's nose up" 


    1: to refuse to take or accept something because it is not good enough —usually + at

    [Verb]  | "turn up" 


    1: to come into view;


      * e.g., " ... my missing car keys turned up just in time "





    2: to get to a destination;


      * e.g., " ... when do you think our guests will turn up? "





    3: to come upon after searching, study, or effort;


      * e.g., " ... it took days to turn up the original documents "





     [ "turn up" ]

    1: verb To get wild.

      * e.g.,  ... -"Yeah Randy and I got some molly so we could turn up at that Grizmatik concert." -"I just got some dabs from dude, TURN UP!" 


     [ "turn up" ]

    2:  To do drugs, most commonly uppers (coke, molly, etc).


     [ "turn up" ]

    3:  Synonym to "let's go."

     [ "turn up" ]

    1: ok some people really are just stupid. Turn up means to get intoxicated to the point that you're so loose that you just act crazy. If you went out and had a few drinks and laughed all night....you simply got drunk. You did not turn up lol Then again the phrase got so big that it's being used for almost everything now which is fine. It's another phrase that'll soon die out like the rest of them. Lol I personally need to turn down lol

      * e.g.,  ... I was so drunk last night I danced up on the bar. Now that's how you turn up. 

     [ "turn up" ]

    1: What a nigga says to another nigga when they want to fight. If a white guy says "turn up" it means nothing.

      * e.g.,  ... Nigga 1: aye b, turn up nigga 

     [ "Turn up" ]

    1: Let's go party time.

      * e.g.,  ... Taehyung: "Turn up!" Coolio: "What does turn up mean?" Taehyung: "Lets go party time!" 

     [ "Turn up" ]

    1: Raised your energy and enthusiasm; get excited; have a good time crunk

      * e.g.,  ... It's Friday night and it's time to turn up 

     [ "Turn Up" ]

    1: Party Time

      * e.g.,  ... Taehyung: "Turn Up!" 

     [ "turned up" ]

    1: to be overly excited or enthusiastic about something

      * e.g.,  ... I'm turned up for the beach this weekend. I'm always turned up when it comes to my relationship with Christ. 

     [ "Turn Up" ]

    1: Verb: 1) Getting loose, being wild and potentially engaging in sexual activity with members of the opposite gender (or the same gender if thats what you're in to)

      * e.g.,  ... We're gonna turn up tonight at John's party. Dude 1:Mary's party last night was turnt up. 


     [ "Turn Up" ]

    2: 2) Acting crazy due to consumption of large amounts of alcohol, marijuana, molly or other drugs

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 2: I know. I had like 7 drinks, hooked up with 2 chicks and was going HAM on the dance floor. I was all the way turnt up. "You're girl spinnin' on my dick like a CD-ROM" 


     [ "Turn Up" ]

    3: It can be used as a noun where it is spelled "turnt up" instead of "turned up" as grammatical conventions would suggest. Turnt up is used to described the state of being wild and crazy like someone would be at a party. It is not to be confused with the vegetable, the turnip, to which it shares some phonic similarities but is otherwise entirely unrelated

      * e.g.,  ... All the Way Tunrt by Roscoe Dash 

     [ "Turned Up" ]

    1: To be drunk, or to be intoxicated

      * e.g.,  ... John: Yo i am turned up off this Grey Goose 

     [ "Turn up" ]

    1: To increase the amount of drugs/alcohol in the body in order to increase the possibility of having a good time at a social gathering and or by oneself.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm trying to turn up tonight so i can try and forget about the trials and tribulations that go along with being a teenager" 

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