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bad up

bad up verb: to badmouth; criticise or malign.

Verb

bad up (third-person singular simple present bads up, present participle badding up, simple past and past participle badded up)

  1. (slang, transitive) To badmouth; criticise or malign
    • I ain't gotta be a rapper with a chain
      'Cause the rules are kinda different when you're baddin' up the game.2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop
    • So I'm mergin' on the express because the fiends they urgin'
      Couldn't bad me up before and I'm not a different person2019, Lanco Da Cartel, Winona
  2. (UK, slang) To make (someone) paranoid or messed up, e.g., emotionally or from drugs.

Forms of bad up

third-person singular presentbads up
present participlebadding up
past participlebadded up
pastbadded up

Questions about bad up

What does bad up mean?
Bad up means to badmouth; criticise or malign.
What part of speech is bad up?
Bad up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bad up?
The past tense of bad up is badded up.

Words near bad up in the dictionary

  1. bad touching
  2. bad trip
  3. bad trips
  4. bad trot
  5. bad turn
  6. bad up
  7. Bad Wilsnack
  8. bad winner
  9. bad winners
  10. bad word
  11. bad words

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