Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bad up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.47 in modern English

Syllables: bad up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To badmouth; criticise or malign

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To make (someone) paranoid or messed up, e.g., emotionally or from drugs.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"I ain't gotta be a rapper with a chain 'Cause the rules are kinda different when you're baddin' up the game."
"So I'm mergin' on the express because the fiends they urgin' Couldn't bad me up before and I'm not a different person"
"Niggas say I bad him up, but they hating."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bads up (present, singular) badding up (participle, present) badded up (participle, past) badded up (past)

Questions

What does bad up mean?: To badmouth; criticise or malign

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