stoner

[stoh-ner]

noun

1. Slang.,  a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.

2. a person who pelts or assails with stones.

   stoners of Paul the Apostle.

3. Chiefly British.,  a person or thing that weighs a specified number of stone (used in combination).

   a 12-stoner.

ˈstoner

/ ˈstəʊnə /

noun

1. a device for removing stones from fruit

2. slang,  a person who is habitually under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Word History and Origins

Origin of ˈstoner¹

First recorded in 1300–50; stone ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“My best friend Nicole, we were so close and still are, she was a stoner,” Martin said.

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The majority of the shots have been micro-trimmed to be snappier, a pace that wouldn’t suit stoners’ penchant for synchronizing the movie to Pink Floyd’s dreamy, woozy “The Dark Side of the Moon.”

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The mainstream hard rockers and hair bands of the 1980s certainly wouldn’t exist without Osbourne, but neither would more niche offshoots, like stoner rock, thrash metal, death metal and doom metal.

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He teed up sets from the punky rapper K.Flay and Cypress Hill’s stoner savant B-Real, who embodied the two strains of L.A.’s response now — righteous fury and indefatigable confidence.

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He was a liberal, a stoner and a lover of falcons.

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Related Words

• burnout 
• dopehead 
• doper 
• druggie 
• hophead 
• pothead