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

The UPS plane was fully loaded with fuel for its scheduled flight to Honolulu.

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Gabby Guthrie loaded an old skateboard with weights to train her little ones.

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Time to get the wall chart drawn up and the flight comparison website loaded up.

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At the far end of the dock, a Norwegian trawler was being loaded with provisions.

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They even carried slingshots loaded with very hard acorns, in case they met up with dangerous mail bandits along their postal route.

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Related Words

• armed 
• charged