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charges up

charges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of charge up.

Meaning of charge up

Verb

charge up (third-person singular simple present charges up, present participle charging up, simple past and past participle charged up)

  1. (transitive) To recharge, to give electrical power to something.
    • You should charge up your phone before the camping trip, as there won't be any power supplies.
  2. (idiomatic) To motivate, to instill someone with determination.
    • The coach had to charge up his players with a powerful speech before the final.
  3. (slang, transitive) To deliberately infect (a person) with HIV as part of bug-chasing.
    • The subcultural vernacular “I'll charge you up" evokes the act of charging a battery or readying a mechanism for action; […]2009, Tim Dean, Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking

Questions about charges up

What is charges up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Charges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of charge up.

Words near charges up in the dictionary

  1. charges
  2. charges down
  3. charges like a wounded bull
  4. charges off
  5. charges the mound
  6. charges up
  7. chargesheet
  8. chargesheeted
  9. chargesheeting
  10. chargesheets
  11. chargeship

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