soup up

verb

souped up; souping up; soups up

transitive verb

: to increase the power, efficiency, or performance of

soup up an engine

Some cars souped up with customized engines and suspensions may be uninsurable through standard policies.

Consumer Reports

… the giant particle accelerator at CERN, near Geneva, had been souped up until it could achieve the energy required to test the contention of the electroweak theory that neutral intermediate vector bosons actually exist.

Timothy Ferris

: to heighten the impact of : to make more exciting or colorful

The ads you've seen are for old cold remedies that have been souped up and given a new marketing spin.

Joe and Teresa Graedon

But she's doing what Kirstein accuses the dilettantes of doing—souping up her performance with ballet stylization.

Arlene Croce

Word History

Etymology

soup (drug injected into a racehorse to improve its performance)

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	souping up
释义	soup up verb souped up; souping up; soups up transitive verb 1 : to increase the power, efficiency, or performance of soup up an engine Some cars souped up with customized engines and suspensions may be uninsurable through standard policies. Consumer Reports … the giant particle accelerator at CERN, near Geneva, had been souped up until it could achieve the energy required to test the contention of the electroweak theory that neutral intermediate vector bosons actually exist. Timothy Ferris 2 : to heighten the impact of : to make more exciting or colorful The ads you've seen are for old cold remedies that have been souped up and given a new marketing spin. Joe and Teresa Graedon But she's doing what Kirstein accuses the dilettantes of doing—souping up her performance with ballet stylization. Arlene Croce Word History Etymology soup (drug injected into a racehorse to improve its performance) First Known Use 1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1 souping up verb present participle of soup up as in meliorating Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance meliorating improving tricking embellishing ameliorating dolling up enriching cosmeticizing sprucing dressing up sweetening candying enhancing
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