hopped-up
Example Sentences
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They built a modified car — a Ford Starliner with a hopped-up V-8 — and it performed better than most muscle cars on occasional drag strip runs.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022
A rancher tries to stop king-size, hopped-up carnivorous rabbits as they roar through Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020
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 they'd have a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.
From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall