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fired up

fired up adjective: very emotional or excited about something (whether positive or negative). Also the simple past and past participle of fire up.

Adjective

fired up (comparative more fired up, superlative most fired up)

  1. (colloquial) Very emotional or excited about something (whether positive or negative).
    • Watching the political commentators on cable news channels always gets him fired up.
    • Trilo, you seem to really be fired up about all this!!2007 March 16, Capcom Production Studio 4, quoting Maya, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All, Europe: Capcom, →OCLC, Nintendo DS, scene: Part 3: Investigation, Circus Entrance, level/area...
  2. (colloquial) Running or switched on; especially in the moments after just starting.
    • Now that all the ship's boilers were fired up, the voyage was well and truly underway.

Also used as

fired up is also the simple past and past participle of fire up.

Forms of fired up

comparativemore fired up
superlativemost fired up

Questions about fired up

What does fired up mean?
Fired up means very emotional or excited about something (whether positive or negative).
What part of speech is fired up?
Fired up is an adjective.

Words near fired up in the dictionary

  1. fired into the sun
  2. fired off
  3. fired on all cylinders
  4. fired out
  5. fired the starting gun
  6. fired up
  7. firedamp
  8. firedamper
  9. firedampers
  10. firedamps
  11. firedevil

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