Jacked up

adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock. slang

    "He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck."

  3. 3
    Significantly increased or expanded. informal

    "It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas."

  4. 4
    Under the influence of stimulants; high. slang

    "They were all jacked up on coke."

  5. 5
    Stimulated, excited. slang

    "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."

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  1. 6
    Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured. slang

    "That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months."

  2. 7
    Reprehensible; objectionable. slang

    "Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up."

  3. 8
    Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for. Australia, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete
  4. 9
    Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post. Australia, West-Country, dialectal, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of jack up form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense

Etymology 2

From jack (“raise with a jack”). * “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense

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