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love up en · VERB

Meanings

1. (informal, intransitive) To demonstrate affection (on somebody).
   • And I had spent so much great time loving up on my kids. 2013, Stephanie Perry Moore, Wearing My Halo Tilted, →ISBN:
   • Two or three times a day, I bundle up, put on my boots, go out the front door, sit in Greigg's glider and love up on Cork a bit — he's never far from the door. 2009, L. Lee Cowan, Except for All the Snakes, I Just Love It Out Here, →ISBN, page 122:
2. (informal, transitive) To demonstrate affection for; treat in a loving way.
   • Don't just help people, don't just love up your customers, do it in a way that is consistent with your desired position in your community. 2010, Lavonne Ellis, David Crandall, Customer Love, page 57:
3. (informal, transitive) To accept; to love wholeheartedly.
   • Look back at the list several times today, and then a few times a day in the following days, so that you are checking in regularly and loving up your shadow. 2013, Kathy Freston, The Lean, →ISBN, page 111:
4. (informal, transitive) To make love to.
   • I was just in my pajamas and slippers, and I blushed because she was looking at me. Then she whispered, "Take off your jammies, and love me up good, Arlene. Please, I want you to." 2009, Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary, page 28:
5. (intransitive, slang) To be intoxicated on MDMA.

Forms

Relateds

loved up · loved-up

Synonyms

coitize (make love to) · go to bed with · sleep with