stoner
Americannoun
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Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
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a person who pelts or assails with stones.
stoners of Paul the Apostle.
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Chiefly British. a person or thing that weighs a specified number of stone (used in combination).
a 12-stoner.
noun
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a device for removing stones from fruit
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slang a person who is habitually under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Etymology
Origin of stoner
First recorded in 1300–50; stone ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
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The mainstream hard rockers and hair bands of the 1980s certainly wouldn’t exist without Osbourne, but neither would more niche offshoots, like stoner rock, thrash metal, death metal and doom metal.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025
On “Ganger,” his breakout LP, he finds his bearings through all sorts of production styles, from bossa nova to stoner loops to wild vocal treatments, but his laconic delivery hides dense thickets of allusions.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
If “The Big Lebowski” was a Raymond Chandler riff with a Los Angeles stoner for a protagonist, “Drive-Away Dolls” is their version of the 1955 noir “Kiss Me Deadly.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
Whether championing math, poetry, or just how to be a decent human being, the inspirational teacher is as familiar to movie audiences as the class stoner.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
Milling-Machine Connections for a Two-Roaster Plant Besides these three operations of roasting, cooling, and stoning, the plant may have machinery for treating the coffee both before it is roasted and after it leaves the stoner.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
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