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Jacked up

To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.

📖 Definitions of "Jacked up"

verb
  1. 1

    To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.

    "He jacked the car up to change the tire."

  2. 2

    To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.

    "I can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon!"

  3. 3

    To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up.

    "I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up."

  4. 4

    To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)

adjective
  1. 1

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

    "Do you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up?"

  2. 2

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

    "He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck."

  3. 3

    Significantly increased or expanded.

    "It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas."

  4. 4

    Under the influence of stimulants; high.

    "They were all jacked up on coke."

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