to hot up

Examples

• All

• The engine had been hotted up to deliver extra horsepower.

• Some mechanics specialize in hotting up old motorcycles for racing purposes.

• The mechanic hot the engine up for better performance.

• Don't forget to hot up the car before the race!

• He decided to hot up his car to improve its speed on the track.

• The mechanic worked quickly to hot up the engine before the race.

• Some enthusiasts enjoy hotting up their vehicles to enhance performance.

Synonyms

S

to soup up

vsto hot up

• Informal

4 6.4

Make a car or motorcycle run faster and work better

often involves replacing or changing parts rather than simple tweaks

R

to repower

vsto hot up

• Specialized

1 6.5

To give a vehicle a new engine or power source

usually changes internal parts rather than swapping the whole power source

H

to hop up

vsto hot up

• Informal

1 7.6

To make a car engine more powerful by changing parts

applies to machines broadly, not only vehicle engines

T

to turbocharge

vsto hot up

1 6.2

To make something much faster or more effective

focuses on mechanical part changes for machine efficiency rather than broad intense boosts

Antonyms

W

to weaken

305 2.8

To make people and things less strong or effective

How Powerful

to overhaul

35 4.6

to soup up

• Informal

4 6.4

to hot up

• Jargon

8.3

to upgrade

177 3.5

to tune up

2 3.9

to modify

268 3.2

tweak

28 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology