arc up
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Thought to be from electrical arcs created when starting/booting/arcing up an electrical device.
Pronunciation edit
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɑːk ap/
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Verb edit
arc up (third-person singular simple present arcs up, present participle arcing up, simple past and past participle arced up)
- (Australia, slang, intransitive) To become upset or angry. [from 20th c.]
- 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 316:
- Tiger went, ‘Ooo! He's arcing up here, Annabelle.’
Translations edit
become upset or angry