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PEP UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make more interesting or lively
Example:
pep up your paper
Synonyms:
ginger up; jazz up; juice up; pep up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pep up" is one way to...):
animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up (make lively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
Example:
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
Synonyms:
barrack; cheer; exhort; inspire; pep up; root on; urge; urge on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "pep up" is one way to...):
encourage (inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pep up"):
cheerlead (act as a cheerleader in a sports event)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
