pumped up

verb

past tense of pump up
1
as in thrilled
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of the crowd was pumped up by the band's rocking performance

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2
as in increased
to make greater in size, amount, or number that pop diva is trying to pump up album sales with an extended publicity tour

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Recent Examples of pumped up Swift, who was wearing a Chiefs tank top at Sunday night’s game, didn’t need to be well-versed in football to get pumped up when Kelce scored a touchdown. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 In turn, xAI merged with SpaceX, with each company being pumped up in the media by the highly visible (and increasingly wealthier) Musk. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 That number never appeared in the budget, but legislators immediately pumped up spending. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 Azerbaijan, already oil-rich, discovered gas under the Caspian Sea in the 1990s and the petrodollars pumped up its coffers. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 The company started its program in 2023 and has already pumped up that payout by another 57%. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Micheál was pumped up sitting next to Daniel and Neeson at a Knicks game against the Miami Heat in 2014. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 Scientists who studied the second plume, the one created from sediment pumped up to the ship, found that the mud particles could starve tiny zooplankton, potentially creating a chain of consequences throughout the marine food web. — Harry Stevens, New York Times, 3 June 2026 The scale has certainly been pumped up, with an obviously bigger budget, spectacular action sequences and a significant portion projected in full IMAX-level proportions. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pumped up
  1. thrilled
  2. increased
  3. excited
  4. expanded
  5. turned on
  6. accelerated
  7. electrified
  8. augmented
Verb
  • The pro-unapproved peptide crowd, meanwhile, is predictably thrilled.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The actress admitted Charlotte wasn’t thrilled with her mother’s stance.
    — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of thrilled
Verb
  • The county also increased its general millage rate for fiscal year 2025-2026.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Rents have increased in this rural area, where the median income is around $50,000 a year.
    — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of increased
Verb
  • Shoppers get excited by new trends and brands move quickly to cater to them.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • This has created a divide, with those on the preservation side feeling disillusioned by the prevalence of slop, and those on the AI side excited by the possibilities, particularly as the tools continue to evolve.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of excited
Verb
  • In recent weeks, however, Republicans essentially ceded the race as the battleground map expanded to places like Texas.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Connecticut has expanded the opportunities for early voting for college students this election cycle, with polling locations at each of the four state universities in addition to UConn’s Storrs campus and Fairfield University.
    — Katie Servas, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of expanded
Verb
  • The Comparison Problem A data center’s true impact starts long before the power is turned on.
    — Karishma Mandal, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Around dawn a fiber optic stand that flickered light was turned on and everyone gathered held a moment of silence in memories of Noel.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned on
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  • The feud accelerated over the closing weeks of the campaign when Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC began running the anti-Israel ad that would eventually convince Stevens to endorse Rogers.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Worry among voters about whether their ballots will be counted has accelerated, according to organizers; in a recent AP-NORC poll, just under half of American voters expressed confidence that midterm votes will be counted accurately.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of accelerated
Verb
  • But on the piano, laser-beamed into his songcraft, he’s quietly electrified, at seemingly at peace as his tenorous vocal glissando and nimble fingerwork on the piano produce shiveringly tender folk ballads that echo Harry Nilsson and Van Morrison.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The government says electricity demand could rise substantially in coming years as homes, businesses and transportation become increasingly electrified and as data centers and other energy-intensive technologies expand.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of electrified
Verb
  • According to master distiller Ross Cornelissen, the point of this release is to show how the Sweet Wheat flavor profile can be augmented with a much higher level of alcohol.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The vaccine augmented the monoclonal antibody treatment pembrolizumab in the Phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial, reducing cancer recurrence or death by 42% compared with pembrolizumab alone.
    — Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of augmented

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