hopped-up

Example Sentences

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The song so nice it charted twice — first in its mid-’60s studio incarnation then again as a hopped-up live cut from “Hot August Night.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

If the Mustang was a playful ray of sunshine, the 1967 Camaro had a mean streak, especially in hopped-up V-8 editions.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

But this time, instead of hopped-up teenagers hurling moralistic condemnation at mediocre TV shows, it was middle-aged men condemning a 220-page financial statement on Twitter, in real time.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2019

His hands rise and fall with the majesty of Carlos Kleiber, but to a hopped-up beat commanded by conga drums.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2019

Maybe there would be a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.

From Anything You Can Do ... by Garrett, Randall