Meaning of bennied-up | Babel Free
Definitions
Intoxicated by benzedrine or other amphetamines.
Examples
“The next time you sit⟳ down at your table with meat, fruit and vegetables, give⟳ thanks for it — and for that so-called (by you) bennied-up killer of the highway, the "gypsy," for bringing it to you.”
“Now what I should have⟳ done was ask⟳ for one of those pills, pop it before a game, and report⟳ on what it was like⟳ to watch⟳ a game bennied-up.”
“The spontaneous, improvisatory, perhaps bennied-up writer is not a raving verbiage-machine hurling out every word that comes to mind⟳.”
“I felt more comfortable with a bennied-up driver of a big bus than I did with a coffeed-up pilot of a little airplane.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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