firing up

Verb

fire up (third-person singular simple present fires up, present participle firing up, simple past and past participle fired up)

1. (transitive) To ignite.
   • Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue.

   Synonyms:

   inflame, kindle, aflame, alight, conflagrate, fire, ignite, enkindle, light, light up

2. (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.
   • The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.

   Synonyms:

   fire, start up

3. (informal, transitive) To launch; to run.
   • Fire up a text editor.

   Synonyms:

   activate, start up

4. (transitive) To excite; to infuse with energy.
   • The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game.

   Synonyms:

   ginger up, spice up, animate, arouse, awaken, beghast, leaven, bright, brighten, cheer

5. (dated, intransitive) To grow irritated or angry.
   • He […] fired up, and stood vigorously on his defence.1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

   Synonyms:

   anger