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jacked up

adj

Etymology

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

Definitions

  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. Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher…

    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. 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. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Under the influence of stimulants

      Under the influence of stimulants; high.

      • They were all jacked up on coke.

    2. Stimulated, excited.

      • 2002 July 15, Kevin Boyce, Loud Rock, CMJ New Music Report, page 13, 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.
      • The longer I ride my horse, the more jacked-up he gets. Why?
      • To see everything that I have seen and to hear everything I heard in only a few minutes after kicking off made me even more excited and more jacked up to do this march.

    3. Wrecked

      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.

    4. Reprehensible

      Reprehensible; objectionable.

      • Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up.

    5. Bankrupt

      Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.

    6. Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.

    7. simple past and past participle of jack up

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA