jacked up
adjEtymology From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense
9 senses
- 1Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
- 2Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit"…
- 3Significantly increased or expanded.
- 4Under the influence of stimulants; high.
- 5Stimulated, excited.
- 6Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
- 7Reprehensible; objectionable.
- 8Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.
- 9Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.
1
Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
- Do you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up?
2
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles Slang Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock.
- He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck.
3
Informal Significantly increased or expanded.
- It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas.
- The new jacked up triple-barrel cannons helped turn the tide of the war.
4
Slang Under the influence of stimulants; high.
- They were all jacked up on coke.
5
Slang Stimulated, excited.
- 2002 July 15, Kevin Boyce, Loud Rock, CMJ New Music Report, page 13, Late summer is going to be a fantastic time to be a metal fan and we′re more jacked-up about it than a truckload of nymphomaniacs let loose in a dildo factory.
- The longer I ride my horse, the more jacked-up he gets. Why?2010, Smokie Brannaman, Equiknowlogy 101, page 68:
1 more example
- To see everything that I have seen and to hear everything I heard in only a few minutes after kicking off made me even more excited and more jacked up to do this march.2011, Wayne LaPointe, Jose Martinez, Radical, page 272:
6
Slang Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
- That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months.
- My elbow is all jacked up from playing tennis.
7
Slang Reprehensible; objectionable.
- Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up.
8
Australia, West Country, Dialectal, Obsolete Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.
9
Australia, West Country, Dialectal, Obsolete Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.