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souping

souping

8.4
Making a car or machine stronger and faster
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : mejorar
  • The chef is known for souping various recipes, adding unique flavors to her dishes.

Examples

  • I returned to the souping again and again and again.

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  • Living alone as a pilgrim, I would, though, spend my life only with shooting, souping, and printing B&W film in all sorts.

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  • The mechanic is skilled at souping up cars to improve their speed and handling.

  • He spent the afternoon souping the old computer to make it run faster.

Synonyms

beautification
vssouping
7 4.2

Making a place or thing look nicer

also includes changes that improve function or performance
melioration
vssouping
9.9

An act that makes something better, like living conditions and health

focuses on active changes to boost performance or appearance
tittivation
vssouping
9.9

Small changes that make a room or thing look nicer

covers larger or functional enhancements, not only decoration
prettification
vssouping
7.4

Making something look nicer without changing how it really is

can involve deeper or performance-focused modifications beyond surface looks
6.7

To make something look more attractive using paint, plants or lights

is the same idea but expressed as the process rather than a brief act

Antonyms

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

43 5.9

A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse

How Enhanced

overhaul
73 5.1
souping
  • Jargon
8.4
tuning
  • Specialized
13 4.1
modification
137 3.9
tweak
28 3.9

Surface Forms

souping singular
soupings plural

Morphology

souping = soup up (semi-transparent) = soup + up + ing

Formed by adding -ing to the phrasal verb 'soup up'; the morphology is regular but the meaning of 'soup' as 'enhance' is idiomatic, so only learners who know the phrasal verb will find it fully predictable.

Etymology

Souping comes from the car phrase souped up, where soup was used like a 'strong mix' that gives an engine 'extra power'. So, souping something means making it stronger, faster, or more impressive by changing or improving it.