loaded

[loh-did]

adjective

1. bearing or having a load; full.

   a loaded bus.

2. containing ammunition or an explosive charge.

   a loaded rifle.

3. (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.

4. Slang.

   1. having a great deal of money; rich.

   2. under the influence of alcohol; drunk; intoxicated.

   3. under the influence of drugs.

5. Baseball.,  having a runner on each of the three bases.

   Bowden walks, and now the bases are loaded.

6. (of dice) fraudulently weighted so as to increase the chances of certain combinations to appear face up when the dice are thrown.

7. (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

/ ˈləʊdɪd /

adjective

1. carrying a load

2. (of dice, a roulette wheel, etc) weighted or otherwise biased

3. (of a question or statement) containing a hidden trap or implication

4. charged with ammunition

5. (of concrete) containing heavy metals, esp iron or lead, for use in making radiation shields

6. slang,  wealthy

7. slang,  (postpositive)

   1. drunk

   2. drugged; influenced by drugs

Other Word Forms

• well-loaded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loaded¹

First recorded in 1655–65; 1940–45 loaded for def. 4; load + -ed ²

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. loaded for bear, bear.

Example Sentences

But SB 79 is also loaded up with exemptions, deferrals and carve-outs, some of them the product of the scramble to eke out the votes, complicating the effort to understand the bill’s impact.

From Los Angeles Times

One Friday afternoon in February, Francisco Álvarez León loaded his white pickup with a basket of honey, a bottle of beer, and a bundle of yellow flowers.

From Los Angeles Times

But Labour's laws tied us in red tape, loaded us with costs, and did nothing to cut global emissions.

From BBC

But if you discovered that the heartbeat of a team, that fresh face, was actually loaded down with toxic history, it changes it completely.

From Los Angeles Times

When he arrived, he saw Dean being loaded into an ambulance and breathing heavily — a sign, he thought, of severe brain injury.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• armed 
• charged