loaded
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.
Idioms about loaded
loaded for bear, Informal. bear2 (def. 11).
Origin of loaded
1Other words from loaded
- well-load·ed, adjective
Words Nearby loaded
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How to use loaded in a sentence
A few weeks later, a 14-year-old texted the center saying that she was holding a loaded gun and that she was “distraught over her parent’s failing marriage.”
How mental-health crisis centers have tried to weather the COVID-19 storm | Jonathan Vanian | February 5, 2021 | FortuneA federal judge also ordered held Lonnie Leroy Coffman, 71, of Alabama, charged with bringing 11 molotov cocktails, five loaded weapons and ammunition to the Capitol.
Retired firefighter accused of attacking police, man carrying Confederate flag charged in Capitol riots | Spencer Hsu, Rachel Weiner, Ann Marimow | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostThe image loads faster and looks like the video player with a loaded thumbnail.
Core Web Vitals report: 28 Ways to supercharge your site | James Parsons | January 13, 2021 | Search Engine WatchIt comes pre-loaded with a ton of content including Disney e-books, interactive games, and cartoon episodes.
Portable projectors that bring the big screen to you | PopSci Commerce Team | December 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDavid Lagstein, the political director for SEIU 221, the largest union of county employees, sent over a loaded statement about the disparity between their spending in the primary and in the runoff.
Politics Report: On Independent Expenditures | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | October 17, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
On Belgika, Botala and his family watched as the white men loaded their families into a large boat and took off for Kisangani.
This is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor these Arabs, Iran is the raised (and loaded) head of the snake.
The Nuclear Deal That Iran’s Regime Fears Most | Djavad Khadem | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe loaded both bodies into the back of his white Toyota pickup truck.
I realized, a bit too late, that certain words I had always known were now loaded, and therefore off limits.
Before we had all fired, Fanning and a dozen of his sharpest men had again loaded, and were by our side.
This vessel, loaded with supplies, went ashore and was lost; and one hundred and twenty Japanese and three Dutchmen were drowned.
The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.
The nine barricaded the outer gates and placed in the best positions guns loaded with grape.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThey're loaded, you see, and they go booming along as innocently as you please; but if you touch 'em—why, 'There you aren't!'
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. Carryl
British Dictionary definitions for loaded
/ (ˈləʊdɪd) /
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
(postpositive) slang, mainly US and Canadian
drunk
drugged; influenced by drugs
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