haired up
haired up adjective: excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry. Also the simple past and past participle of hair up.
Adjective
haired up (comparative more haired up, superlative most haired up)
- Excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.
- “Give over fussin’, an’ take things as they come. That’s the only way to get along smooth-like in this world. You can keep yourself all haired up over this or that without changin’ it the least little bit.”1910, James Otis, chapter 14, in The Wireless Station at Silver Fox Farm, page 258
- ‘Says being over there with Jason and Polly is more than his stomach can stand. Says they act as if he wasn’t there at all, they’re so haired up about each other. Kissing and a-mauling […]1940, Ben Ames Williams, chapter 2, in Come Spring, section 4, page 644
- Synonyms:
- worked up
Also used as
haired up is also the simple past and past participle of hair up.
Examples of haired up in a sentence
- “You know what happens when you get a good reporter all haired up to get a story, and he gets it, and then you say to him: ‘Oh, by the way, can’t print it’?”1986, George V. Higgins, chapter 6, in Impostors, page 36:
- But apparently Daggett was still all haired up that I had questioned his judgment, for it was me he reprimanded.2014, B. B. Oak, Thoreau on Wolf Hill, page 39:
Synonyms of haired up
Forms of haired up
| comparative | more haired up |
|---|---|
| superlative | most haired up |
Questions about haired up
- What does haired up mean?
- Haired up means excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.
- How do you use haired up in a sentence?
- “You know what happens when you get a good reporter all haired up to get a story, and he gets it, and then you say to him: ‘Oh, by the way, can’t print it’?”
- What part of speech is haired up?
- Haired up is an adjective.
Words near haired up in the dictionary
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