Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jacked up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: jacked up
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.

adj

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

Slang

adj

Significantly increased or expanded.

Informal

adj

Under the influence of stimulants; high.

Slang

adj

Stimulated, excited.

Slang

adj

Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.

Slang

adj

Reprehensible; objectionable.

Slang

adj

Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.

Australian usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Do you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up?"
"He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck."
"It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas."
"The new jacked up triple-barrel cannons helped turn the tide of the war."
"They were all jacked up on coke."
"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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

more jacked up (comparative) most jacked up (superlative) jacked-up (alternative)

Synonyms

jacked screwed up messed up fucked up broken wounded

Questions

What does jacked up mean?: Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
Where does jacked up come from?: 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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