pumped up

adj — 6 senses

pumped up

adjalso spelled pumped-up

1

Informal Excited, particularly due to anticipation.

2

Bodybuilding, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Informal Having muscles in an engorged state following exercise due to increased blood flow.

pumped-up

adj

1

Of a tyre etc inflated

2

Broadly, Of a tyre etc oversized

The stalked 'periscope' eyes of the Fiddler crab, which give it a panoramic view all the better to appreciate the outrageously pumped-up left claws of its waving fellows.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107:

3

Of water raised by pumping

4

Of a person tense with excitement or enthusiasm

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