souping up
Making it faster
Souping up means modifying something—usually a car or engine—to increase its power or performance.
The phrase comes from hot rod culture, where enthusiasts would boost horsepower through engine modifications: He spent the summer souping up his Mustang.
The meaning extends to any enhancement or upgrade: They're souping up the website with new features.
- tricking outElaborately customizing something
- overclockingExceeding manufacturer's speed specifications
- superchargingForcing extra air in
- revampingThoroughly updating something
- turbochargingForced air compression
modernizing · engine tuning · hardware acceleration · amplifying · speed demon · firmware updates · power boost · refining · modding · energizing · innovating · hot rod · muscle car · drag racing · reimagining · nitrous · pedal to the metal · polishing
souping updetuning
Shifting from correct pitch
downgrading · stripping down · reverting · neutering · stock
souping upsimplifying
Making less complex
stripping down · gutting · paring down · dumbing down · decluttering
souping updetuning
Shifting from correct pitch
downgrading · depowering · throttling down · restricting · limiting
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