love up

present singular third person loves up · participle present loving up · participle past loved up · past loved up

1. informalintransitiveTo 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

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   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. informaltransitiveTo 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. informaltransitiveTo 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. informaltransitiveTo 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

   Synonyms: coitize

5. intransitiveslangTo be intoxicated on MDMA.