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12 9.9
To secretly give drugs to a horse used for racing to make it run faster illegally
  • verb
  • /suːp/
  • NSFW
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  • The trainer decided to soup the horse before the big race to enhance its speed.

Examples

  • The investigation revealed that some trainers soup the horses to ensure they perform better during competitions.

  • Many owners choose to soup their racehorses with illegal substances to gain an unfair advantage.

  • Wait till I give it a paint job and soup up the engine, man.

  • By the way, I can soup up the graphics if you want.

  • It's getting souped up for the race.

  • You souped this thing up yourself?

  • Many of the cars are souped up.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Networks is a souped-up ad network for Fortune 500 companies.

    Blog text (6)
  • Hey, you've really got this thing souped up like this.

  • He's got some souped-up diesel.

Synonyms

to dope
vsto soup
  • NSFW
33 8.4

To give an athlete or animal drugs to make them perform better unfairly

is done secretly to increase a race animal's speed and is illegal
to drug
vsto soup
  • NSFW
21 7.2

To give someone a substance to make them sleep or act differently

is specifically secret administration to boost a race animal's performance illegally

Idioms

in the soup
  • Archaic
4 9.3

In trouble because of a problem

1 7.4

Including everything from the beginning to the end

duck soup
  • Archaic
1 6.1

A task that is very easy to do

To try something very difficult that goes wrong and becomes messy

Phrasal Verbs

to soup up
  • Informal
4 6.4

Make a car or motorcycle run faster and work better

Compounds

33 1.6

A place that gives free hot meals to people who are poor or homeless

24 1.0

A hot soup made with chicken and vegetables that people eat for comfort when sick

A hot dish of vegetables like carrots and potatoes cooked in a tasty liquid

A soup with pieces of chicken, noodles, and vegetables in hot chicken broth

5 6.3

A soup made from turtle meat that people eat on special occasions

4 1.0

A deep dish for serving and eating soup

3 1.7

A thick dish made from dried peas, often with ham or vegetables

A thick smooth soup that people make from mushrooms and milk or cream and use in casseroles

2 1.0

A soup made from lentils cooked in stock with onions and carrots

2 1.0

A spoon with a large round bowl for eating soup

primordial soup
  • Specialized
2 8.6

A mix of simple chemicals in early oceans that may have formed life

1 1.0

A soup made mainly from carrots, often with broth and cream

1 8.2

A soup made from a calf's head or other meat that copies turtle soup

1 6.2

A soup offered as the day's special in a restaurant

A thick hot dish made from split peas and vegetables

pea soup
  • Archaic
1 7.0

A very thick yellow fog that makes it hard to see

1 2.9

A clear hot Chinese soup with small meat dumplings and vegetables

A creamy soup made from cooked cauliflower and broth

1 7.5

A soup made from the meat of green turtles, often served as a special food

1 1.3

A hot dish of rice and vegetables cooked in water, often eaten as a small meal

1 1.1

A large deep spoon with a long handle for serving soup

1 1.8

A deep plate with a wide rim used for serving soup

A cold or warm soup made mainly from blueberries and often served as a dessert

A creamy soup made from champignon mushrooms, often served as a starter

A soup made with chard and other vegetables

A Chinese soup made by pouring beaten eggs into hot broth

A soup for children with small noodles shaped like letters

alphabet soup
  • Informal
7.9

A confusing mix of short abbreviations and technical words

A soup made from fresh green peas and stock, often with onion and celery

A soup made by cooking the tail of a cow slowly with vegetables

soup-fin
  • Specialized
9.9

A Pacific shark with fins used for Chinese soup and liver rich in vitamin A

9.7

A situation that is very messy and a complete disaster

A kitchen tool that removes solid pieces from liquid when making or serving soup

9.9

A thick mustache above the lip that catches food

Surface Forms

soup infinitive
souped past
souped past participle
souping present participle
soups third person singular

Etymology

Soup as a verb for giving drugs to a racehorse likely comes from the idea of putting a secret strong mixture into the animal. So to 'soup' a horse is to secretly give it something to change its performance.