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

Snell wound up exiting with the bases loaded and nobody out in the sixth inning.

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But the second inning was worse: they had the bases loaded with one out for three successive batters, and again they scored once.

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They kept Dodgers ace Blake Snell under constant stress, starting with a 29-pitch first inning in which they left the bases loaded but drove up his pitch count.

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It came loaded with a subscription to the Sirius radio service, featuring a channel devoted entirely to Bruce called E Street Radio.

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"I don't know too many people who have submarines, and that was an attack on a drug-carrying, loaded submarine."

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Related Words

• armed 
• charged