informal
: filled with energetic excitement and enthusiasm : amped-up
The Napa party … featured a larger and more amped crowd.—
Maryann Worobiec
Maryann WorobiecCarson Palmer has seen his share of coaches come and go in his three seasons at USC. So he didn't get too amped when the Trojans' new head coach, Pete Carroll, named an offensive coordinator.—Bruce Feldman
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So people don’t ever seem too amped up around here.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Republicans managed to claw back $21 billion of that additional funding during appropriations battles and have frozen an additional $20.2 billion, effectively reducing the amped enforcement budget by more than 90 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
With his hair knotted up in a pair of double-dutch braids and rocking a baggy black suit with white flames at the knees, MGK ripped through his amped version of the song while strumming a red acoustic guitar.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
In Performance mode, everything gets slightly more amped up, but this is no canyon carver.
—Abigail Bassett, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
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Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Republicans managed to claw back $21 billion of that additional funding during appropriations battles and have frozen an additional $20.2 billion, effectively reducing the amped enforcement budget by more than 90 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
With his hair knotted up in a pair of double-dutch braids and rocking a baggy black suit with white flames at the knees, MGK ripped through his amped version of the song while strumming a red acoustic guitar.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
In Performance mode, everything gets slightly more amped up, but this is no canyon carver.
—Abigail Bassett, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Amped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amped. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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