Definition of work up

work up

verb

to make a person agitated or angry.

Citation from "Baby Monitor", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 21 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: angry, annoyed, offended.
Last edited on Oct 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 11 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'angry, annoyed, offended':
dirty look	Definitions include: an angered glance.
salty	Definitions include: mean or disrespectful.
in a snit	Definitions include: annoyed or angry.
steamed up	Definitions include: angry.
cheesed off	Definitions include: angry or annoyed.
fly off the handle	Definitions include: to become enraged.
road rage	Definitions include: anger experienced while driving, due to other drivers.
hot and bothered	Definitions include: sexually aroused.
cranky	Definitions include: in a bad mood.
bent out of shape	Definitions include: angry.
tight	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
have a short fuse	Definitions include: See short fuse.
have sand in (one's) vagina	Definitions include: to be upset.
pissed	Definitions include: angry.
at the end of (one's) rope	Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
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Slang terms with the same root words

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 fcked 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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Other terms relating to 'work':
*btch work**	Definitions include: menial work.
busy work	Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
do work	Definitions include: to take a dump.
GBTW	Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work".
government work	Definitions include: unofficial task done in the workplace.
line of work	Definitions include: profession.
NSFW	Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for work".
NWS	Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe".
piece of work	Definitions include: a difficult person.
SFW	Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work."
throw a spanner into the works	Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
throw a wrench into the works	Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
tight work	Definitions include: means something is hella good.
WFH	Definitions include: acronym for "work from home" or "working from home".
WFM	Definitions include: acronym for "works for me".
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