Definition of light up

light up

verb - ambitransitive

• to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe.

  Hey man, get over here. Want to light up?

  Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 15 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'light':
change light bulbs	Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion).
chase tail lights	Definitions include: to imitate competitors.
generate more heat than light	Definitions include: to generate more heated discussion than figurative illumination (i.e. insight.)
green light	Definitions include: to approve a plan.
head light flasher	Definitions include: a girl who flashes her breasts.
headlights	Definitions include: erect nipples.
it's lights out	Definitions include: it's the end / death of something.
knock (one's) lights out	Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
lights down	Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed.
lights on but nobody's home	Definitions include: "eyes are open but the person isn't responding to stimuli."
lights out	Definitions include: time to go to bed.
LOBNH	Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
natty light	Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer.
outen the light	Definitions include: to turn off a source of light.
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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 f*cked 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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