hop up

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hop up

verb hops up · hopping up · hopped up

transitive To excite (people).
intransitive To get in a high vehicle.
intransitive To stand up quickly.
idiomatic, transitive To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up. Don't let the cat hop up onto the kitchen counter!

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@misc{hop_up_2026,
  title = {hop up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hop%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}