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loaded
[ loh-did ]
adjective
a loaded bus.
- containing ammunition or an explosive charge:
a loaded rifle.
- (of a word, statement, or argument) charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse.
- Slang.
- having a great deal of money; rich.
- under the influence of alcohol; drunk; intoxicated.
- under the influence of drugs.
- Baseball. having a runner on each of the three bases:
Bowden walks, and now the bases are loaded.
- (of dice) fraudulently weighted so as to increase the chances of certain combinations to appear face up when the dice are thrown.
- (of a product, building, etc.) including many extra features, accessories, luxuries, or the like:
Dad’s new car is fully loaded with front and rear cameras, touchscreen navigation, heated seats, and a moonroof.
loaded
/ ˈəʊɪ /
adjective
- carrying a load
- (of dice, a roulette wheel, etc) weighted or otherwise biased
- (of a question or statement) containing a hidden trap or implication
- charged with ammunition
- (of concrete) containing heavy metals, esp iron or lead, for use in making radiation shields
- slang.wealthy
- slang.postpositive
- drunk
- drugged; influenced by drugs
Other Word Forms
- ɱ-Dz· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of loaded1
Idioms and Phrases
- loaded for bear, Informal. bear 2( def 11 ).
Example Sentences
On Dec. 7, hours before Assad’s escape to Russia, he loaded the cast and crew in buses, and led the way to the capital.
But as the young family was about to leave Pekin Coco again, their car loaded with their possessions, the shelling started.
Black-and-white photographs and films showed miners in hard hats and soiled uniforms as they stood smoking cigarettes, climbing into open rail cars and running machinery that scooped and loaded piles of rocks.
Southern California is a hotbed for softball talent, so it comes as no surprise that the USA national team’s 15-person roster for the World Games in Chengdu, China, is loaded with local products.
On a normal day, more than 15 lorries loaded with agricultural produce would cross the border, drivers told the BBC.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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