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

Gutierrez-Reed loaded a live bullet into Baldwin’s gun that killed Hutchins.

From Salon

There are alternative strategies to police-first - but each is loaded with its own problems.

From BBC

They had not long set sail when they learned the wrong coffin had been loaded so they returned to port and it was swapped over - in full view of the bemused passengers.

From BBC

A TEU is a unit of measurement based on the volume of a standard shipping container, and loaded imports and exports refers to cargo containers that are filled with goods.

From Los Angeles Times

The green fossils are each wrapped in a plaster jacket and carefully loaded into a truck for the 700-mile drive to the museum at Exposition Park.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• armed
• charged