Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. idiomatic Drugged; intoxicated.
- adj. Mechanically enhanced for high performance; souped-up.
Examples
“I broke off a yardstick’s length of tree root, held it like a club in my left hand, hopped up on the trunk of the fallen tree, and waved my weapon over my head, roaring at the top of my lungs, “Give me my food back, bear!””
“All these old men are running around with their old boners, on their fifth set of children, who are all hopped up on Ritalin to slow them down so the old man can play ball with them.”
“Mrs. Cahill, our health class teacher, hopped up on the end of her large desk.”
“But Tom watched her gloweringly, and when she hopped up to him, teasing him about something, he spat some words at her and turned away.”
“My brother hopped up from the table and strutted his way through the crowd at Uno’s Pizzeria, which wasn’t as bad as it could be sometimes when you could hardly get a seat.”
“Shivering, he hopped up onto the chair in front of the sink and looked at himself in the mirror.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hopped up’.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hopped up.
reesetee I'm usually hopped up on coffee. At least in the morning. Then I come to Wordnik and get hopped up on words. Jul 1, 2011
milosrdenstvi Werther's Original Sorrows? Jun 30, 2011
blafferty I had a friend who was always all hopped up on organic produce. Jun 30, 2011
frogapplause Someone I know once said: "I'm all hopped up on Royal Crown Cola and Werther's Originals."
dontcry has it right. It's funnier when it's all hopped up on. Jun 30, 2011
bourbonmots This usage dates from the 1920s but may be related to the late 19th century use of the noun 'hop' for a narcotic, especially opium. --American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
And I love this quote from the Online Slang Dictionary: "Sorry about that weird voice mail. I was hopped up on Nyquil when I left it." Jun 29, 2011