English Explanatory Dictionary

jacked up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack.
  2. Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock.
  3. Significantly increased or expanded.
  4. Under the influence of stimulants; high.
  5. Stimulated, excited.
  6. Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.
  7. Reprehensible; objectionable.
  8. Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.
  9. Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of jack up

Pronunciation

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Word forms

jacked up more jacked up most jacked up jacked-up

Etymology

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

Synonyms

jacked screwed up messed up fucked up broken wounded
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