jacked up

English

Alternative forms

• jacked-up

Etymology

From jack (“raise with a jack”)

• “Wrecked, messed up” sense possibly an extension of the “under the influence of stimulants” sense

Adjective

jacked up (comparative more jacked up, superlative most jacked up)

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. (slang, automotive) 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. (informal) Significantly increased or expanded.

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

   The new jacked up triple-barrel cannons helped turn the tide of the war.

4. (slang) Under the influence of stimulants; high.

   They were all jacked up on coke.

5. (slang) Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured.

   That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months.

   My elbow is all jacked up from playing tennis.

6. (slang) Reprehensible; objectionable.

   Dude that's jacked up your girlfriend left you for your brother.

7. (obsolete, dialect, West England and Australian) Bankrupt; insolvent; ruined; done for.
8. (obsolete, dialect, West England and Australian) Absent, having quit, given up, or having abandoned one's post.

Usage notes

• Frequently employed as a bowdlerization, or substitution, for fucked up.

Synonyms

• (wrecked, damaged): screwed up, messed up, fucked up
• (reprehensible, objectionable): screwed up, messed up, fucked up

Verb

jacked up

1. Simple past tense and past participle of jack up.