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Loaded (Deacon Blue song)
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence
"A loaded question"
(2) Very drunk
(3) Filled with a great quantity
"A tray loaded with dishes"
"Table laden with food"
"`ladened' is not current usage"
(4) (of weapons) charged with ammunition
"A loaded gun"
(5) Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
"An affluent banker"
"A speculator flush with cash"
"Not merely rich but loaded"
"Moneyed aristocrats"
"Wealthy corporations"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
loaded
- Burdened by some heavy load.
- Let's leave the TV; the car is loaded already.
- Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber; armed.
- No funny business; this heater's loaded!
- Possessing great wealth.
- He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded.
- Drunk.
- By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded.
- Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
- It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.
- Of a die or dice, biased to produce predictable throws.
- He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.
- Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
- That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.
- Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.
- "Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.
- Equipped with numerous options; deluxe.
- She went all out; her new car is loaded.