het up
het up · more het up · most het up
Excited, agitated or franticExcited, agitated or frantic.
» Now, don't get all het up. I was going to tell you when you came home.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)Excited, agitated or frantic.
Try to keep your cool and not get het up.
More definitions
- worked up emotionally by anger or excitement
- made warm or hot (‘het’ is a dialectal variant of ‘heated’)
Examples
1 sentencesNow, don't get all het up. I was going to tell you when you came home.
Origin
Irregular form of heat up. The adjective was originally a metaphorical use of the past parIrregular form of heat up. The adjective was originally a metaphorical use of the past participle het up (“heated up”), perhaps as a reference to agitation caused by fever or the churn of boiling water, but has since lexicalised as a fossil in standard English.
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Forms
more het up, most het up| Comparative | more het up Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most het up Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form