load up

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load up (third-person singular simple present loads up, present participle loading up, simple past and past participle loaded up)

1. (transitive) To fill with a load of cargo or similar.

   We loaded up the wagon with supplies.

2. (intransitive) To receive a load of cargo or similar.

   The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.

   Let's stop at the off-licence and load up on booze and snacks.

3. (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To fully load (a weapon).
4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To load (software) fully into memory.
   • 2014, Nathan K. Battles, The Transcendent, page 29:

     The game loaded up and he instantly grabbed the game controller.

5. (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.
   • 1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club:

     John Bender (Judd Nelson): You load up, you party…
     Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall): No, we get dressed up, but we don't— we don't get high.

Related terms

• loadout (noun)

 

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “load up v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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