pep up

Questions about pep up

What does pep up mean?

pep up means "spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pep up?

Close synonyms include cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pep up a common word?

pep up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.