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amped

  • /æmpt/

Rhymes with -æmpt

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Elision of amplified.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of amp

adjective more amped · most amped

  1. Activated, as with electric power. All four motors should be amped to check the loading on the motors before new motors are installed. The amp checks might reveal that a smaller size motor could be use
  2. colloquial Excited or full of energy, especially to excess. If I listen to fast music before I go out in a heat, it gets me too amped out and then I can't concentrate on my surfing.

    Similar: amped up, psyched up

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@misc{amped_2026,
  title = {amped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}