geed-up adj.2
1. (US, also gheed-up) drunk [? link to gee n.5 ].
Flynn’s 18 Mar. 56/2: She fell from the doorway, either not knowing there were two steps down into the bathroom or else forgetting it on account of being so geed up [OED]. | ||
DAUL 77/2: Geed-up. Intoxicated. | et al.
2. (also G’d up) excited; in a positive mood.
Men 118: Last night’s sign [...] still keeps me geed up some [HDAS]. | ||
Amaze Your Friends (2019) 18: Suitably geed up, I turned my attention to monetary matters. | (con. late 1950s)||
Powder 92: The group seemed quite geed-up by it too. | ||
No Lights, No Sirens 36: I was so G’d up about this first chase, I leaped out of the car without placing it in park. |
3. intoxicated by drugs [? link to gee n.6 ].
Opium Addiction in Chicago 199: Geed up. Filled with drugs. | ||
Lang. Und. (1981). | ‘Lang. of the Und. Narcotic Addict’ Pt 2 in||
AS XIX:2 104: There is some allusion in sailors’ language to the use of drugs [...] gheed up [...] and goofed up are cognate and self-explanatory. | ‘Vocab. for Lakes [etc.]’ in||
Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | ||
AS XXVII:1 25: GEED UP, phr. Under the influence of drugs [LAPD]. | ‘Teen-age Hophead Jargon’ in||
Narcotics Lingo and Lore. | ||
Underground Dict. (1972). |
4. (also g’d up) modified and thus increased in value.
College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 G’d up (verb phrase) Modified and made more valuable. |