bad up

present singular third person bads up · participle present badding up · participle past badded up · past badded up

1. slangtransitiveTo badmouth; criticise or malign

   Niggas say I bad him up, but they hating.

   2008, Giggs, Rat-A-Tat-Tat

   2 more examples

   I ain't gotta be a rapper with a chain 'Cause the rules are kinda different when you're baddin' up the game.

   2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop

   So I'm mergin' on the express because the fiends they urgin' Couldn't bad me up before and I'm not a different person

   2019, Lanco Da Cartel, Winona

2. UKslangTo make (someone) paranoid or messed up, e.g., emotionally or from drugs.