"tun up" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtʌnˌʌp/
Etymology: Literally, "turned up." Head templates: {{head|jam|adjective|head=tun up}} tun up, {{jam-adj}} tun up
  1. cool, da bomb, hot, great, off the chain, off the hook, wonderful
    Sense id: en-tun_up-jam-adj-MB3UYC1a Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"turned up.\"",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "tun‧up"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Dude, you have to be at the party. It's going to be da bomb.",
          "text": "My yute, yu haffi deh a di party. It a guh tun up.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Anthony Turner, “Tony Kelly’s Buy Out riddim sampled on new pop single”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English)",
          "text": "“Right now if you are in a party and the party is dead, all you have to do is drop the Buy Out riddim and the whole place tun up” he said. […]”",
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        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
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          "off the chain",
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          "off the hook",
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        ],
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          "wonderful",
          "wonderful"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʌnˌʌp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tun up"
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        "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
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        "Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with quotations",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples"
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          "great",
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      "ipa": "/ˈtʌnˌʌp/"
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