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▪ I. amped, a.1 colloq.
Brit. |æmpt|, U.S. |æmpt|
[Probably ‹amp v.1 + -ed suffix1, although compare slightly earlier amp n.2]
Of sound, music, a musical instrument, etc.: put through an amplifier, amplified; very loud. Chiefly in amped-up.
1968Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 3 Apr. 5 c/4 He grinned, as he plinked a souped-up, amped-up lead guitar. 1989New Musical Express 25 Feb. 31/3 I'm not talking sonic amped-up noise, but the kind of noise you make when you're a kid. 1994Surf Mag. Issue 22. 71/2 Amped music soon replaces the blaring trumpets. 1999Wall St. Jrnl. (Eastern ed.) 8 Oct. a12/1 An amped-up air horn that delivers a 120-decibel rocket with fallout for half a mile—the municipal noise code be damned. 2002Entertainm. Weekly 22 Feb. 24/2 The post-Nirvana formula of acoustic guitar verses and amped-up choruses.
▪ II. amped, a.2 slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |æmpt|, U.S. |æmpt|
[‹ amp- (in amphetamine n.) + -ed suffix2. Compare later amp v.2 and perhaps also amped adj.1]
Under the influence of amphetamines or another stimulant. In extended use: very excited or energetic; agitated, on edge. Freq. in amped-up.
1972D. E. Smith & G. R. Gay It's so Good 197 Amped, high on stimulants, usually amphetamines. 1973L. Bangs in Creem Dec. 35/2 These days the live Stones seem to carry a last-ditch mood of amped-up desperation that they saved for pure effect in looser times. 1983Washington Post 24 Apr. c2/6 Sooner or later, it's got to be the last campaign, before the adrenalin gets to the brain and it becomes a case of being all amped up with nowhere to go. 1990Snow Boarder Sept. 49/1 He was locked and loaded in the starting gate, completely focused and obviously amped for his final run. 1996Entertainm. Weekly 12 Apr. 61 (advt.) Fly off the handle with America's favorite amped-up rant artist. 2001Carve Sept. 84 At 6.00 am, amped on our morning injection of caffeine, we set off. |