hopped-up

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The song so nice it charted twice — first in its mid-’60s studio incarnation then again as a hopped-up live cut from “Hot August Night.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Sanjit De Silva turns Buckingham, the king’s chief enabler, into a hopped-up hype man, high on the fumes of ambient amorality.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

But this time, instead of hopped-up teenagers hurling moralistic condemnation at mediocre TV shows, it was middle-aged men condemning a 220-page financial statement on Twitter, in real time.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2019

And the winner of the Lose Cannon: To "It Might As Well Be Spring" We're as hopped-up as a hive of harried hornets, We're searching for oppressors we can sting.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2019

Maybe there would be a place in the asteroids for a hopped-up superman.

From Anything You Can Do ... by Garrett, Randall