pumped-up
See also: pumped up
English
editAdjective
editpumped-up (comparative more pumped-up, superlative most pumped-up)
- (of a tyre etc) inflated
- (by extension) oversized
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107:
- The stalked 'periscope' eyes of the Fiddler crab, which give it a panoramic view all the better to appreciate the outrageously pumped-up left claws of its waving fellows.
- (by extension) oversized
- (of water) raised by pumping
- (of a person) tense with excitement or enthusiasm