bad up

English

Verb

bad up (third-person singular simple present bads up, present participle badding up, simple past and past participle badded up)

1. (slang, transitive) To badmouth; criticise or malign
   • 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop:

     I ain't gotta be a rapper with a chain
     'Cause the rules are kinda different when you're baddin' up the game.

   • 2019, Lanco Da Cartel, Winona:

     So I'm mergin' on the express because the fiends they urgin'
     Couldn't bad me up before and I'm not a different person

   • 2008, Giggs, Rat-A-Tat-Tat:

     Niggas say I bad him up, but they hating.

2. (slang, UK) To make (someone) paranoid or messed up, e.g., emotionally or from drugs.