pumped up
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5.1
- idiom
- /pʌmpt ʌp/
- Informal
:
entusiasmado
- Like the athlete who gets pumped up before every game, you must get pumped up and stay pumped up in life if it is going to respond to you instead of vice versa.
- get pumped up
- so pumped up
- really pumped up
And I feel pumped up and energized.
- And I feel pumped up and energized.
- Enrico got on the line, he was pumped up.
- So the wild side of me, the pumped up side of me, I think I don't, I don't regret at all.
- I ain't going to be my normal pumped up ET.
- And obviously now I'm pumped up and I haven't really used this thing properly in my mind because I ain't there ain't nobody dead.
Examples
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Now that would get Knicks fans pumped up, and the media will be going crazy over Melo vs. LeBron!
Blog text (3) -
This is getting you pumped up, isn't it?
Fiction book (1996) -
- Well, I am pumped up.
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Besides, I feel kind of pumped up.
Fiction book (1991) -
When war happens and fighting starts... ...it's like we're pumped up, motivated, ready to go.
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"Everyone was calm, and when the big plays happened, we got pumped up and it motivated us to go beat them.
Blog text (20) -
And I feel pumped up and energized.
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It's your boy EP man, I'm pumped up, excited.
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Today I read Mimi Foster's list of blogging ideas for the holiday season, and it really got me pumped up.
Blog text (27) -
The crowd was pumped up with excitement as the concert was about to start.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very happy and eager about something
171
2.3
Feeling very excited and happy
28
3.0
Very happy and excited to the point of feeling dizzy
14
7.7
Very excited and eager about something
12
5.6
Being very excited and full of energy
12
2.1
Being very active and excited to do things
5
7.4
Feeling very excited about something
3
6.9
Feeling nervous and excited, ready to start
2
1.6
Very happy and eager about something
1
7.9
Feeling very excited about something good or fun
1
6.3
Being very nervous and full of extra energy
1
5.5
Very excited about something, often before it happens
1
7.9
Excited and eager about something new, like a game or event
1
7.5
Ready and excited to do something important
1
7.5
Feeling excited and full of energy about something
1
7.0
Filled with a sudden rush of excitement and energy
1
8.6
Very energetic and excited, often before an event
Very excited and full of energy about something
Very excited about something that will happen
Being very excited and pleased about good news or an event
Full of lively energy because people feel excited
Very excited and unable to stay calm
Feeling excited and interested after hearing or seeing something
Very excited and happy in an obvious way
Feeling very energetic and excited
Feeling very happy and eager about something
Feeling very happy and eager about something that will happen
Feeling very happy and full of energy
Antonyms
How Excited
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'full of excitement' is directly derivable from combining 'pumped' (filled/energized) with 'up' (to increase/intensify); together they convey an increase in energy or enthusiasm. This follows a common English intensifier/particle pattern and is likely comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Pumped up comes from the image of a pump filling something up with air until it grows and becomes tight. So when someone is pumped up, they are 'excited' and 'full of energy'.