Meaning & use
suped-up
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a nouninformal
Made more powerful, exciting, or impressive by adding special parts or features.
Grammar: Used only before a noun: a suped-up car, a suped-up version.
Patterns
- a suped-up car
- a suped-up version of something
He drove a suped-up motorbike with a huge engine.
The studio released a suped-up version of the old song.
She turned her plain laptop into a suped-up machine for video editing.
Common combinations
- suped-up car
- A suped-up car roared past us on the highway.
- suped-up version
- This is a suped-up version of the classic game.
- suped-up engine
- The mechanic built a suped-up engine for the race.
- suped-up computer
- Gamers often want a suped-up computer with a fast chip.
Synonyms and how they differ
- modified
- Neutral and general; use it for any change, while suped-up suggests extra power or excitement.
- tuned
- Often used for engines and performance settings, and sounds more technical than suped-up.
- souped-up
- A common variant spelling of the same word; both are accepted in informal writing.
Opposites
Word family
- soup up phrasal verb
- To make a vehicle or machine more powerful.
Commonly confused: suped-up or sooped-up?
suped-up vs sooped-up
A common misspelling; the standard spelling is suped-up, and the variant souped-up is also widely used.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'suped-up' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Suped-up' is an adjective used before a noun, as in 'a suped-up truck'. The other options wrongly use it as a verb or a noun.
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