amp

verb — 4 senses

amp

verb

CA, US /ˈeə̯mp/ · /ˈæmp/

1

Colloquial, Usually To amplify.

He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.

2

Colloquial, Usually To excite.

Well you're very amped up today, what's got you so excited?
In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky?, page 78:

1 more example

And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.2013, Hansi Lo Wang, “Morning Edition”, in National Public Radio:

3

Colloquial, Usually To intensify or increase.

Amping the Justin Timberlake cameos and revving up Jiggytron 5000, these Peas want to be on Middle America's fickle plate — losing little dread-whippin' imaginativeness in the wizzash.2003, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 115, page 42:
2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books

4

Colloquial, Usually To connect to amplifiers.

and even the Velvet Underground were still only amping up conventional instruments2015, Kris Needs, Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story:

Derived terms: amp down, amp up

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