Definition of hard up

hard up

adjective

• in desperate want for.

  Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'hard':
Are you comin' or just breathin' hard?	Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm.
between a rock and a hard place	Definitions include: in an impossible situation.
go hard	Definitions include: very good.
go hard in the paint	Definitions include: To say "I go Hard in the paint" for example means I'm not to be played with, I'm serious with mine.
hard	Definitions include: "cool", "neat", "awesome".
hard alcohol	Definitions include: liquor.
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
hard-boiled	Definitions include: non-romanticized.
hard core	Definitions include: To be an aficionado, usually but not exclusively, at partying.
hard graft	Definitions include: Hard work
hard-knock life	Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen.
hard-nosed	Definitions include: tough.
hard-on	Definitions include: an erect penis.
hard on the eyes	Definitions include: unattractive.
hard pill to swallow	Definitions include: a difficult thing to accept.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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