Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, slang)To become upset or angry.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Thought to be from electrical arcs created when starting/booting/arcing up an electrical d

Thought to be from electrical arcs created when starting/booting/arcing up an electrical device.

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Forms

arcs up, arcing up, arced up, arced up
Base formarc up · to arc up
3rd person singulararcs up
Present participlearcing up
Past simplearced up
Past participlearced up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyarc up
he, she, itarcs up

Past simpleLesson

all personsarced up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave arced up
he, she, ithas arced up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill arc up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
arbitrationarboretumarcarcadearcaneC2archB2
arc up — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto