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 Words From

• well-load·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loaded¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. loaded for bear, Informal. bear ²( def 11 ).

Example Sentences

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.”

From Fortune

A 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.

From Washington Post

The image loads faster and looks like the video player with a loaded thumbnail.

From Search Engine Watch

It comes pre-loaded with a ton of content including Disney e-books, interactive games, and cartoon episodes.

From Popular-Science

David 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.

From 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.

From The Daily Beast

This is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?

From The Daily Beast

For these Arabs, Iran is the raised (and loaded) head of the snake.

From The Daily Beast

He loaded both bodies into the back of his white Toyota pickup truck.

From The Daily Beast

I realized, a bit too late, that certain words I had always known were now loaded, and therefore off limits.

From The Daily Beast

Before we had all fired, Fanning and a dozen of his sharpest men had again loaded, and were by our side.

From Project Gutenberg

This vessel, loaded with supplies, went ashore and was lost; and one hundred and twenty Japanese and three Dutchmen were drowned.

From Project Gutenberg

The reveillée of the sleeping Mexicans was the discharge of our two field-pieces loaded with canister.

From Project Gutenberg

The nine barricaded the outer gates and placed in the best positions guns loaded with grape.

From Project Gutenberg

They're loaded, you see, and they go booming along as innocently as you please; but if you touch 'em—why, 'There you aren't!'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• armed
• charged