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pumped; pumped up
adjective- with muscles inflated and defined US
- He looked like all the other boys, if more pumped and tattooed from time in the pen. — Gini Sikes, 8 Ball Chicks, p. 22, 1997
- Pumped-up bouncers who teetered only moments from ’roid rage. — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 37, 1997
- He wasn’t ripped, but he was pumped. — John Ridley, Everybody Smokes in Hell, p. 182, 1999
- He was all pumped up and looking like an even uglier version of Arnold Schwarzenegger with a red-hot poker up his arse. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 218, 1999
- excited, energised UK, 1791
Current usage is informed by bodybuilding jargon with muscles “pumped up” for display. - I’m more pumped-up for this [fight] than I was over Fonzie. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 243, 2001
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