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jacked up

jacked up adjective: hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack. Also the simple past and past participle of jack up.

Adjective

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

  1. Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
    • Do you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up?
  2. (slang) Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock.
    • He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck.
  3. (informal) Significantly increased or expanded.
    • It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas.
    • The new jacked up triple-barrel cannons helped turn the tide of the war.
  4. (slang) Under the influence of stimulants; high.
    • They were all jacked up on coke.
  5. (slang) Stimulated, excited.
    • Late summer is going to be a fantastic time to be a metal fan and we′re more jacked-up about it than a truckload of nymphomaniacs let loose in a dildo factory.2002 July 15, Kevin Boyce, Loud Rock, CMJ New Music Report, page 13
    • The longer I ride my horse, the more jacked-up he gets. Why?2010, Smokie Brannaman, Equiknowlogy 101, page 68
  6. (slang) Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
    • That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months.
    • My elbow is all jacked up from playing tennis.
  7. (slang) Reprehensible; objectionable.
    • Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up.
  8. (Australia, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete) Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.
  9. (Australia, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete) Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.

Also used as

jacked up is also the simple past and past participle of jack up.

Synonyms of jacked up

Forms of jacked up

comparativemore jacked up
superlativemost jacked up
alternative formjacked-up

Origin of jacked up

From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense

Questions about jacked up

What does jacked up mean?
Jacked up means hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
What part of speech is jacked up?
Jacked up is an adjective.

Words near jacked up in the dictionary

  1. jacked around
  2. jacked in
  3. jacked into
  4. jacked it
  5. jacked off
  6. jacked up
  7. jacked-up
  8. jackeen
  9. jackeens
  10. jackelope
  11. jackelopes

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