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carbed up

carbed up is the simple past and past participle of carb up.

Meaning of carb up

Verb

carb up (third-person singular simple present carbs up, present participle carbing up, simple past and past participle carbed up)

  1. (informal) To consume a large amount of carbohydrates, ostensibly for energy; generally a practice of athletes, especially runners and swimmers.
    • Let's have a spaghetti feed to carb up before the big meet.
    Synonyms:
    carbo-load

Questions about carbed up

What is carbed up the simple past and past participle of?
Carbed up is the simple past and past participle of carb up.

Words near carbed up in the dictionary

  1. carbazotic
  2. carbazotic acid
  3. carbeam
  4. carbeams
  5. carbecillin
  6. carbed up
  7. carbeen
  8. carbeens
  9. carbemazepine
  10. carbendazim
  11. carbendazol

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