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soup up
soup S0579300 (so͞op)n.1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.2. Slang Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:a. Dense fog.b. Nitroglycerine.3. Primordial soup.4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.Phrasal Verb: soup up Slang To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle).Idiom: in the soup Slang Having difficulties; in trouble.
[Middle English soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see seuə- in Indo-European roots. Soup up, from soup, material injected into a horse to make it run faster (influenced by supercharge).]soup up vb (tr, adverb) 1. (Automotive Engineering) to modify (a vehicle or vehicle engine) in order to increase its power2. Also: hot up or hop up (esp US and Canadian)to make (something) more exciting or interesting adj 3. (Automotive Engineering) (of a vehicle or vehicle engine) modified so as to be more powerful: a souped-up scooter. 4. more exciting or interesting: a souped-up version of their last single. Thesaurus| Verb | 1.soup up - make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"hop up, hot upmodify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
Translationssoup up
soup upTo modify something in order to increase its power or performance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "soup" and "up." He's spent a fortune souping up his car for drag racing. We've souped our computers up to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds.See also: soup, upsouped upModified to have increased power or performance. Sometimes hyphenated when used before a noun. At this point, her car is so souped up that it could probably reach 200 miles per hour! This souped-up computer is able to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds.See also: soup, upsoup something upto increase the power of something. He souped his car up so it will do nearly 120 miles per hour. If only I could soup up this computer to run just a little faster.See also: soup, upsouped upmade more powerful. That souped-up car of John's sure makes a lot of noise. Why do all cars driven by males under the age of twenty have to be souped up?See also: soup, upsoup upMake something more powerful; especially, add speed to an engine. For example, He was riding around in that car he'd souped up, or They had to soup up the sound system for the outdoor concert. [Slang; c. 1930] See also: soup, upsoup upv. Slang To modify something so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to an engine or a vehicle: The mechanic souped the car up with racing tires and a bigger engine. I souped up my computer with a faster processor and a liquid cooling system.See also: soup, upsoup something up tv. to increase the power of something. (see also souped up.) If only I could soup up this computer to run just a little faster. See also: something, soup, upsouped up mod. made more powerful. Why do all cars driven by males under the age of twenty have to be souped up? See also: soup, upEncyclopediaSeesoupMedicalSeeSoupsoup up
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