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be hepped up

slang
1. To be very excited or energetic. We were so hepped up before the big game that we could barely sit still. The dogs are all hepped up after being let out of their cages, so let them run around outside for a bit. I'm always hepped up whenever I hear this tune!
2. To be stimulated by some substance. His behavior has been so strange that I'm starting to wonder if he's hepped up on pills. I'm all hepped up after those three coffees—let's do this! My brother looked after the kids for me today, and they were totally hepped up on sugar when I came back to pick them up.
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be hepped up on (something)

slang To feel the effects of some stimulant. I'm all hepped up on caffeine and ready to work on this project! His behavior has been so strange that I'm starting to wonder if he's hepped up on pills. My brother looked after the kids for me today, and they were totally hepped up on sugar when I came back to pick them up.
See also: hep, on, up

get hepped up

slang
1. To become very excited or energetic. I always get hepped up whenever I hear this tune! Don't bother getting Mittens catnip or toys—she really doesn't get hepped up for much. The dogs get all hepped up once they're let out of their cages, so let them run around outside for a bit.
2. To cause someone to become very excited or energetic. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "hepped up." We played some rap music to get us hepped up before the big game. It doesn't take much to get the kids hepped up for Christmas, even when it's still months away. The promise of no homework sure got my students hepped up.
3. To become stimulated by some substance. No thanks. I don't need to get hepped up on pills to enjoy myself at a club. I got so hepped up after those three coffees. I feel like I could work on this report for days! Sure, I used to get hepped up on uppers before a concert. That was before my stint in rehab, obviously.
4. To cause someone to become stimulated by some substance. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "hepped up." Mom, thanks for watching the kids, but please don't get them all hepped up on sugar next time. Why would you get Sarah hepped up on caffeine like that? You know it just makes her anxiety worse. I know you're feeling down, so why don't you come to the gym with me? I'll get you hepped up on endorphins!
See also: get, hep, up

get hepped up on (something)

slang
1. To become stimulated by some substance. No thanks. I don't need to get hepped up on pills to enjoy myself at a club. I got so hepped up on coffee that I feel like I could work on this report for days! Sure, I used to get hepped up on uppers before a concert. That was before my stint in rehab, obviously.
2. To cause someone to become stimulated by some substance. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "hepped up." Mom, thanks for watching the kids, but please don't get them all hepped up on sugar next time. Why would you get Sarah hepped up on caffeine like that? You know it just makes her anxiety worse. I know you're feeling down, so why don't you come to the gym with me? I'll get you hepped up on endorphins!
See also: get, hep, on, up

hep

slang Versed in current trends; cool and sophisticated. An older variant of "hip." I can't go talk to those sax players—they're some hep cats! Wow Dad, you look like a real hep cat in that fedora. We'll never make any money unless people think this is a hep jazz club!

hepped up

slang
1.Very excited or energetic. We played some rap music to get hepped up before the big game. The dogs get all hepped up once they're let out of their cages, so let them run around outside for a bit I'm always hepped up whenever I hear this tune!
2. Stimulated by some substance. His behavior has been so strange that I'm starting to wonder if he's hepped up on pills. Mom, thanks for watching the kids, but please don't get them all hepped up on sugar next time. I'm all hepped up after three coffees, so let's do this!
See also: hep, up

hepped up on (something)

slang Stimulated by some substance. I'm all hepped up on caffeine and ready to work on this project! His behavior has been so strange that I'm starting to wonder if he's hepped up on pills. Mom, thanks for watching the kids, but please don't get them all hepped up on sugar.
See also: hep, on, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

*hepped (up)

Sl. to be intoxicated. (*Typically: be ~ get ∼.) Wally is a little too hepped up to drive home. Harry's too hepped to stand up.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hep

(hɛp)
mod. aware; informed; savvy. The chick is simply not hep.

hepped (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. Willy is a little too hepped up to drive home.
See also: hep, up

hepped

verb
See hepped up
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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