Definder - what does the word mean?

What is hard up?

describes having completed difficult or harsh, unrelenting work; it refers to the poor care of horses;

the words "hard" and "wet" also lend themselves to sexual innuendo, though they are not part of the original meaning

I just finished a 12 hour shift. I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet.

These kids have worked my nerves! I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet.

Related idioms: worked like a Hebrew slave; worked like a white-mouthed mule

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hard up - video


Hard up - what is it?

a term that originated with people that ride horses, since you are supposed to brush them and groom them after a workout; now used to refer to the way a promiscuous woman looks

That overpainted middle-aged hussy looks like she's been rode hard and put up wet.

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What does "hard up" mean?

1. Grow up poor. (Urban slang, probably from Southern slang.)

"Trouble Man," by Marvin Gaye
"I come up hard, baby,
But now I`m cool.
I didn` make it, sugah,
Playin' by the rules."

"The Search for Meaning: Americans Talk About What They Believe and Why," by Phillip L. Berman
"Hell, we come up hard . . . We were so damn poor you had to work to feed your stomeach instead of goin' to school."

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Hard up - what does it mean?

to fuck up more so than to simply "fuck up"

Kelsey: Dude, the project is due tomorrow and we still don't have a topic.
Deborah: I don't think we need to meet or pick a topic.
Kelsey: Deborah... you're fucking up hard right now.

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Hard up - meaning

A statement that is said in the event of utter disbelief, or in shock, awe, etc.

Dave: "Alex, did you know that we're all going to die in three seconds?"
Alex: "Fuck me hard up the arse with a stick!"

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Hard up - definition

When you feel like emphasizing an action or feeling.

"I was hard-up going to beat that girls ass!"

"Shoot, I hard-up told that bitch to suck my dick!"

"Oh, don't worry!!! I had that bitch hard-up crying for it!!"

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Hard up - slang

Excited; usually not referring to sex but rather relating the males reaction to being excited.

I was hard up to ride on the firetruck and help with the huge accident.

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Hard up

straight up / cold / harsh /

when ol' jim punched jason in the face .... man that was hard up.

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Hard up

desperate or deprived

I was a sad case a few years ago, until I met lovely Sandra. :)

in those days I was so hard up that one time, I almost did it with a girl who got a ticket for streetwalking - without a leash!

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Hard up

Not having enough cash, money; broke. In a rock and a hard spot. A difficult situation.

I was hard up for cash after my trip to Vegas.

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