hopped-up

[hopt-uhp] /ˈhɒptˈʌp/
adjective, Slang.
1.
excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
2.
having an engine with added power:
a hopped-up jalopy.
3.
stimulated by narcotics; drugged; doped.
Origin
1920-25

hop2

[hop] /hɒp/
noun
1.
any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.
2.
hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc.
3.
Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium.
verb (used with object), hopped, hopping.
4.
to treat or flavor with hops.
Verb phrases
5.
hop up, Slang.
  1. to excite; make enthusiastic:
    They hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches.
  2. to add to the power of:
    The kids hopped up the motor of their jalopy.
  3. to stimulate by narcotics.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English hoppe < Middle Dutch hoppe (Dutch hop); cognate with Old High German hopfo (German Hopfen)
British Dictionary definitions for hopped up

hop1

/hɒp/
verb hops, hopping, hopped
1.
(intransitive) to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot
2.
(intransitive) (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps
3.
(transitive) to jump over: he hopped the hedge
4.
(intransitive) (informal) to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc): hop on a bus
5.
(transitive) (informal) to cross (an ocean) in an aircraft: they hopped the Atlantic in seven hours
6.
(transitive) (US & Canadian, informal) to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc): he hopped a train to Chicago
7.
(US & Canadian) to bounce or cause to bounce: he hopped the flat stone over the lake's surface
8.
(intransitive) (US & Canadian, informal) to begin intense activity, esp work
9.
(intransitive) another word for limp1
10.
(Brit, slang) hop it, hop off, to go away
noun
11.
the act or an instance of hopping
12.
(old-fashioned, informal) a dance, esp one at which popular music is played: we're all going to the school hop tonight
13.
(informal) a trip, esp in an aircraft
14.
(US) a bounce, as of a ball
15.
(informal) on the hop
  1. active or busy
  2. (Brit) unawares or unprepared: the new ruling caught me on the hop
See also hop into
Word Origin
Old English hoppian; related to Old Norse hoppa to hop, Middle Low German hupfen

hop2

/hɒp/
noun
1.
any climbing plant of the N temperate genus Humulus, esp H. lupulus, which has green conelike female flowers and clusters of small male flowers: family Cannabiaceae (or Cannabidaceae) See also hops
2.
hop garden, a field of hops
3.
(obsolete, slang) opium or any other narcotic drug
Word Origin
C15: from Middle Dutch hoppe; related to Old High German hopfo, Norwegian hupp tassel
Word Origin and History for hopped up

hop

v.

Old English hoppian "to spring, leap, dance," from Proto-Germanic *hupnojanan (cf. Old Norse hoppa, Dutch huppen, German hüpfen "to hop"). Related: Hopped; hopping.

n.

usually hops, type of twining vine whose cones are used in brewing, etc., mid-15c., from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Proto-Germanic *hup-nan- (cf. Old Saxon -hoppo, German Hopfen), of unknown origin.

"opium," 1887, from Cantonese nga-pin (pronounced HAH-peen) "opium," a Chinese folk etymology of the English word opium, literally "crow peelings." Re-folk-etymologized back into English by association with hop (n.1).

"a small jump," c.1500, from hop (v.). Slang sense of "informal dancing party" is from 1731 (defined by Johnson as "a place where meaner people dance"). Meaning "short flight on an aircraft" is from 1909.

Slang definitions & phrases for hopped up

hopped up

adjective phrase
  1. Intoxicated by narcotics; geezed, gowed up: The newer generation of ''coked'' or ''hopped up'' gunmen (1924+ Narcotics)
  2. Excited; highly stimulated: What are you so hopped up about? (1923+)
  3. Made very exciting; deliberately intensified; jazzed up: those hopped-up novels in which passion is named but not felt (1940s+)
  4. souped up (1942+)

hop 1

noun
  1. A dance or dancing party: We went to a hop (1731+)
  2. A hotel desk porter; bellhop: The hop was tall and thin (1940s+)
  3. A trip; stage of a journey; airplane flight: a long hop to Singapore (1909+)
  4. A beer: a hop with those quesadillas
verb
  1. : They hopped over to Brussels
  2. To board: to hop a plane (1909+)
Related Terms

carhop, seagoing bellhop, sock hop, table-hop


hop 2

modifier

: a hop fiend/ hop dream

noun
  1. Opium: So long as any smoker can obtain his hop (1887+ Narcotics)
  2. Any narcotic; dope: A little hop or dope was slipped to an anxious prisoner (1898+ Narcotics)

[fr a shortening of Cantonese Chinese nga pin, pronounced HAH peen, ''opium,'' literally ''crow peelings,'' a Chinese folk etymology for English opium; in a subsequent US folk etymology this was changed to hop by assimilation with the plant used to make beer, with its suggestions of intoxication]


Related Abbreviations for hopped up

HOP

high oxygen pressure
Idioms and Phrases with hopped up

hopped up

.
Relating to a motor, especially a car engine, whose power has been increased. For example, Kids loved to ride around in hopped-up cars. [ ; mid-1900s ]
Also see: soup up
.
Stimulated with, or as if with, a narcotic. For example, Their idea of a good time is to get all hopped up on marijuana or worse. This slangy usage dates from the 1920s but may be related to the late 19th-century use of the noun hop for a narcotic, especially opium.

hop

In addition to the idioms beginning with
hope
also see:
mad as a hornet (hops)