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• spaced-out
  spaced-out

  adjective

  dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
• spaced out
  spaced out

  adjective

  intoxicated through or as if through taking a drug

spaced-out

American  

[speyst-out] / ˈspeɪstˈaʊt /

Also spaced

adjective

Informal.

1. dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.

   The spaced-out main characters are the primary feature of a stoner comedy.

2. dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality or seemingly so; spacey.

   He was rushed to the hospital with signs of a concussion, including spaced-out and confused behavior.

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spaced out British  

adjective

1. Often shortened to: spaced.  slang intoxicated through or as if through taking a drug

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Etymology

Origin of spaced-out

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; on the pattern of phrasal verbs with out marking completed action, such as tired out; space apparently by association with “outer space” as, metaphorically, a place outside normal consciousness