"amp up" meaning in English

See amp up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: amps up [present, singular, third-person], amping up [participle, present], amped up [participle, past], amped up [past]
Rhymes: -ʌp Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} amp up (third-person singular simple present amps up, present participle amping up, simple past and past participle amped up)
  1. (transitive) To amplify; to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc. of (something). Tags: transitive Translations (to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something): aufdrehen (German), zwiększać [imperfective] (Polish), zwiększyć [perfective] (Polish), subir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-amp_up-en-verb-XoMl8jzc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To excite; to arouse. Tags: transitive Translations (to excite; to arouse): nakręcać [imperfective] (Polish), nakręcić [perfective] (Polish), podniecać [imperfective] (Polish), podniecić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-amp_up-en-verb-ouYg5aOa Disambiguation of 'to excite; to arouse': 1 99

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amps up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amping up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amped up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amped up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "amp up (third-person singular simple present amps up, present participle amping up, simple past and past participle amped up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To amplify; to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc. of (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-amp_up-en-verb-XoMl8jzc",
      "links": [
        [
          "amplify",
          "amplify"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "intensity",
          "intensity"
        ],
        [
          "volume",
          "volume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To amplify; to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc. of (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
          "word": "aufdrehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwiększać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwiększyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
          "word": "subir"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To excite; to arouse."
      ],
      "id": "en-amp_up-en-verb-ouYg5aOa",
      "links": [
        [
          "excite",
          "excite"
        ],
        [
          "arouse",
          "arouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To excite; to arouse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "nakręcać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "nakręcić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "podniecać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "podniecić"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amp up"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌp",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌp/2 syllables",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "amps up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amping up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amped up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amped up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "amp up (third-person singular simple present amps up, present participle amping up, simple past and past participle amped up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To amplify; to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc. of (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amplify",
          "amplify"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "intensity",
          "intensity"
        ],
        [
          "volume",
          "volume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To amplify; to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc. of (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To excite; to arouse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excite",
          "excite"
        ],
        [
          "arouse",
          "arouse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To excite; to arouse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
      "word": "aufdrehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwiększać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwiększyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to increase the power, interest, intensity, volume, etc., of something",
      "word": "subir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakręcać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakręcić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podniecać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to excite; to arouse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podniecić"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amp up"
}

Download raw JSONL data for amp up meaning in English (2.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.