jacked up en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense
Meanings
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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?
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(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.
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(informal) 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.
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(slang) Under the influence of stimulants; high.
They were all jacked up on coke.
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(slang) Stimulated, excited.
The longer I ride my horse, the more jacked-up he gets. Why?
2010, Smokie Brannaman, Equiknowlogy 101, page 68: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.
2011, Wayne LaPointe, Jose Martinez, Radical, page 272:2002 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.
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(slang) Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
My elbow is all jacked up from playing tennis.
That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months.
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(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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most jacked up | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more jacked up | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| jacked-up | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
wounded · fucked up · screwed up (reprehensible, objectionable) · fucked up (reprehensible, objectionable) · broken · jacked (wrecked, damaged) · screwed up · messed up (reprehensible, objectionable) · messed up
Translations (4)
sk dodrbaný (wrecked, damaged) · sk dosratý (wrecked, damaged) · sk nafúknutý (increased or expanded) · de aufgebockt (increased or expanded)