wrapped adj.
1. besotted with, infatuated by, in love with.
Down by the Dockside 212: She gave me a quid now and then. I never stood over her for it. She’s wrapped in me, see? | ||
Rooted I iii: I remember he was wrapped in a girl called Doreen once. | ||
Puberty Blues 49: Kim told me that Bruce’s wrapped in ya. | ||
Sl. U. 208: wrapped in love, infatuated, submissive, whipped. |
2. fascinated by, enthused with.
[ | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: To be wrapt up in any one: to have a good opinion of him, or to be under his influence]. | |
Yarns of Billy Borker 26: He was real wrapped up in Paris. | ||
Rooted I iii: You meet all sorts of super people. Richard took me to a turn and I was really wrapped. | ||
Glass Canoe (1982) 143: You were wrapped in this bloke, Shorty. | ||
Boys from Binjiwunyawunya 217: He wasn’t all that wrapped in Sydney, so he’d positively loathe Melbourne. | ||
Llama Parlour 9: Oh why hadn’t I listened to my mates? [...] none of them were wrapped in me going Stateside. |
3. delighted; overwhelmed with pleasure.
Sydney Morning Herald 21 Jan. 1: $1,210 a week to play cricket ‘I’m just wrapped,’ Thomson said. ‘The offer is a fantastic one which never in my wildest dreams did I expect.’ [GAW4]. | ||
Indep. on Sun. Culture 13 Feb. 1: I was wrapped [i.e. chuffed] to meet her. |
4. see wrapped up
In phrases
see under tight adj.
1. (US) aware, ‘in tune’, sophisticated.
Forty Modern Fables 50: They were quite Wrapped Up in each other, with the Heads about three-quarters of an inch apart. | ||
Really the Blues 77: A gang of college kids who just sat around [...] with expressions that showed how much they were wrapped up and down with it. |
2. affected, in love with.
Awfully Big Adventure 29: Don’t work up a ‘pash’ over him till you know more about him. For all you know, he’s married already – or wrapped up in another girl. | ‘The Wooing of Mouldy Jakes’ in||
(con. 1800s) ‘The Bell Witch of Tennessee and Mississippi’ in Humor of the Old Deep South 439: He got all wrapped up in Mary. | ||
Quick Brown Fox 58: ‘[I]n your way you’re just as much wrapped up in this guy as his mother?’. | ||
Last Toke 46: That jive hole got you wrapped up tighter ’n I gots mae. |
3. (also wrapped) sorted out.
Hartlepool Mail 14 Aug. 2/3: The R.A.F. has developed a language all its own. [...] When [a pilot] succeeds he may say ‘I’ve got it wrapped’. | ||
Spook who Sat by the Door (1972) 14: By this time next week we’ll have the Negro vote wrapped up again. | ||
Glitter Dome (1982) 46: They’ve got it wrapped. | ||
Indep. on Sun. Rev. 20 June 30: Make sure you’ve got it all wrapped up. |