hop up

verb

To excite (people).

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Meanings

verbhop up (third-person singular simple present hops up, present participle hopping up, simple past and past participle hopped up)

present singular third person hops up · participle present hopping up · participle past hopped up · past hopped up

  1. transitiveTo excite (people).
  2. intransitiveTo get in a high vehicle.
  3. intransitiveTo stand up quickly.
  4. idiomatictransitiveTo make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up.

    Don't let the cat hop up onto the kitchen counter!

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake more powerful

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soup uphot up
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modify
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hot upsoup up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

hop up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hop%20up

MLA

“hop up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hop%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hop up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hop%20up.

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