soup up

soup  (sp)

n.

1. A liquid food prepared from meat, fish, or vegetable stock combined with various other ingredients and often containing solid pieces.

2. A liquid rich in organic compounds and providing favorable conditions for the emergence and growth of life forms: primordial soup.

3. Slang Something having the appearance or a consistency suggestive of soup, especially:

a. Dense fog.

b. Nitroglycerine.

4. A chaotic or unfortunate situation.

Phrasal Verb:

soup up Slang

To modify (something) so as to increase its capacity to perform or satisfy, especially to add horsepower or greater speed potential to (an engine or a vehicle).

Idiom:

in the soup Slang

Having difficulties; in trouble.

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[Middle English soupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see seu-² in Indo-European roots. Soup up, from soup, material injected into a horse to make it run faster (influenced by supercharge).]

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soup up Informal

vb (tr, adverb)

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) to modify (a vehicle or vehicle engine) in order to increase its power

2. to make (something) more exciting or interesting Also hot up (esp US and Canadian), hop up

adj souped-up

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (of a vehicle or vehicle engine) modified so as to be more powerful a souped-up scooter

2. more exciting or interesting a souped-up version of their last single

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Verb

1.

soup up - make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars" hop up, hot up modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

Translations

? soup up

vt sep (inf) car, engine → (hoch)frisieren (inf)