jacked up

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From jack (“raise with a jack”).

* “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense

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?
slang 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.
informal Significantly increased or expanded. It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas.
slang Under the influence of stimulants; high. They were all jacked up on coke.
slang 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.
slang Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured. That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months.
slang Reprehensible; objectionable. Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up.
Australia, West Country, dialectal, obsolete Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.
Australia, West Country, dialectal, obsolete Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.