pep up

verb

To refresh, enliven, or restore.

“I need some coffee to pep me up.”

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Meanings

verbpep up (third-person singular simple present peps up, present participle pepping up, simple past and past participle pepped up)

present singular third person peps up · participle present pepping up · participle past pepped up · past pepped up

  1. informalTo refresh, enliven, or restore.

    I need some coffee to pep me up.

    1 more example

    Watering my houseplants really pepped them up.

  2. informalTo make stronger or more interesting.

    We're looking for ideas to pep up the new ad campaign.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbspur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

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cheerroot oninspireurgebarrackurge onexhort
Broader
encourage

verbmake more interesting or lively

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jazz upjuice upginger up
Broader
enlivenlivenliven up
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barrackcheerexhortginger upinspirejazz upjuice upurgeurge on

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

pep up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pep%20up

MLA

“pep up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pep%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pep up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pep%20up.

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