How to pronounce souped-up
American English pronunciation
SOOPT-up
- IPA
- /ˈsuptˌʌp/
- Syllables
- SOOPT · up (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What souped-up means
Changed to be more powerful or flashier
In a sentence: My cousin drives a souped-up go-kart with a loud engine.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. One guess is that it began as slang for giving a racehorse something to make it run faster.
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