English Explanatory Dictionary

loaded

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of load
adj
  1. Burdened by some heavy load; packed.
  2. Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.
  3. Possessing great wealth.
  4. Drunk.
  5. Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
  6. Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.
  7. Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
  8. Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.
  9. Equipped with numerous options.
  10. Covered with a topping or toppings; especially, covered with all available toppings that are offered as options for the dish.
  11. Weighted with lead or similar.

Pronunciation

/ˈləʊ.dəd/ /ˈloʊ.dɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-loaded.wav

Word forms

loaded more loaded most loaded

Etymology

From load + -ed.

Synonyms

crammed laden packed stuffed armed primed bow-legged wi' brass comfortably off filthy rich loaded minted moneyed moneybags of means oofy rich rich as Croesus rolling rolling in dough rolling in it upper crust wealthy well-endowed well-heeled well off well-to-do Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted besotten bevvied bibacious bibulous binned bingoed bladdered blasted blewed blind blind drunk blitzed blocked blootered blottoed blue bollocksed bombed boozy bosky bottled Brahms Brahms and Liszt

Derived words

bases loaded coloaded front-loaded fully-loaded loaded dice loaded for bear loaded language loaded march loaded question loaded word locked and loaded nonloaded spring-loaded spring-loaded camming device spring-loaded mode underloaded unloaded

Translations

Bulgarian: зареден Bulgarian: подправен Czech: nabitý Czech: cinknutý Dutch: geladen Finnish: ladattu Finnish: painotettu French: chargé French: pipé German: geladen German: scharf German: gezinkt Hungarian: töltött Icelandic: hlaðinn Irish: lódáilte Polish: nabity Russian: заря́женный Slovak: nabitý Swedish: laddad Swedish: riggad Portuguese: viciado Yiddish: פֿאַלש Yiddish: פּניותדיק Yiddish: צדדימדיק
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