stackedadj.
/stakt/ 1. Piled together.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > accumulated > stacked
stacked1833
corded1847
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. Gloss. Stacked, horsed.
1870 Standard 12 Dec. Those battalions that still remained and paced briskly to and fro by their stacked arms to warm themselves.
1905 F. Treves Other Side of Lantern (1906) ii. vii. 65 A place for stacked spears.
2. Piled into a ‘stack’ (senses 2, 3).
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1901 Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 2/1 Clearings with stacked-up wood.
1908 M. Johnston Lewis Rand i. 10 Stretches of stacked corn appeared like tented plains.
3. Piled with goods.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > more than full or heaped
upheapedc1380
heaped1530
heap-full1530
full (also to fill) to overflowing1797
stacked1908
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body > accumulated > stacked > piled with things stacked
stacked1908
1908 Academy 8 Feb. 441/1 A stacked trolley obsessed the tram-lines.
4. Of a female figure: well-rounded and attractively shaped. Also of a woman: having a prominent bosom. Similarly, stacked up. U.S. slang.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > rounded
fullOE
full-bodied1588
rounded1766
Rubenesque1815
Rubensesque1834
well-stacked1935
stacked1942
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > having fullness and beauty of form > of female form
curvaceous1933
curvesome1933
stacked1942
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §37/14 Shapely,..stacked up nicely.
1952 Esquire June 131/2 The singer ain't a bad-looking broad, she's well-stacked and sort of young.
1954 Amer. Speech 29 234 There is a present fashion of referring to an attractively proportioned woman as well stacked, or simply, stacked, period.
1965 Liberator (N.Y.) Aug. 22/3 Two stacked broads approached. Everyone attained a hip position. It consisted of pulling pants high, rolling the Hi-Lo collar, [etc.].
1975 D. Lodge Changing Places v. 154 What about your wife?.. Is she well-stacked?
1981 ‘D. Shannon’ Murder most Strange vii. 147 A cute little blond chick..really stacked.
5. stacked head n. in a tape recorder: a head (head n.1 16f(b)) in which the gaps corresponding to the tracks in multi-channel recording are located one above another.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > using tape > part of
recording head1889
pinch wheel1898
capstan1948
deck1949
pinch roller1949
tape deck1949
pinch roll1953
stacked head1954
tape transport1954
1954 C. A. Tuthill How to service Tape Recorders iv. 45 Typical individual or stacked heads, currently being released by The Brush Development Company, are cast in synthetic resin.
1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 267 For stereo, the first and third tracks are recorded at the same time, using a stacked head (one with both gaps in line).
a1975 Tape Talk (Sony Corporation) 3 In-line heads, arrangement of stereophonic heads on a tape recorder in which the head gaps are mounted one directly above the other. Also called ‘stacked heads’.
6. stacked heel, a heel built by stacking or appearing to stack thin layers of wood or other material. Also stacked-heeled adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > heel > types of
heelc1400
cork1609
Polonia heel1613
high heel1645
French heel1651
spur box1862
rubber heel1867
boot-heel1870
Louis Quinze1875
Louis heel1906
Cuban heel1908
brogue heel1927
spike heel1929
stiletto heel1931
wedge-heel1939
stiletto1953
wedge1959
stacked heel1960
stilt heel1973
1960 Harper's Bazaar Aug. 24 Stack-heeled moccasin in deep brown leather.]
1960 Sunday Express 11 Sept. 15/4 In Paris Dior..showed Cuban ‘stacked’ heels.
1964 in C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 13 Mod girls have a short back-and-sides hair cut like men used to, wear shift-style dresses with round collars... Stacked heeled shoes, white stockings.
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 vi. 177 She turned, pivoting on one stacked heel.
1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) v. 62 Comfortable loafers with low stacked heels in colors to match wool~knit pants and jackets.
7. stacked deck n. a pack of cards that has cheatingly been set in a prearranged order; also figurative. Hence more widely (and without the implication of dishonesty), of odds. Cf. stack v.1 6a. Chiefly U.S.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > advantage over another > an advantage > unfair
stacked deck1964
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card or cards
bum-cardc1555
key card1805
concave1825
strippers1843
convex1874
reader1887
stacked deck1964
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > pack > prearranged
stacked deck1964
1964 A. Wykes Gambling 329/1 Stacked deck, a pack of cards that a cheat has prearranged for his own benefit.
1971 P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin vii. 144 They worked alone, without hirelings, and so often went in against stacked odds.
1976 Honolulu Star-Bull. 21 Dec. h3/1 The Minnesota Vikings, shooting to become the first National Football League team to make four Super Bowl appearances, will be playing with a stacked deck Sunday.
1978 E. Tidyman Table Stakes ii. vii. 345 You played the game with a stacked deck. You had his daughter, his trust, and his face.
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6. Computing. Of a task: placed in a queue for subsequent processing. Of (a stream of) data, etc.: consisting of or stored in a stack.
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society > computing and information technology > data > database > [adjective] > storage > manner of
stacked1958
resident1966
society > computing and information technology > data > database > data entry > [adjective] > awaiting processing
stacked1958
1958 Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery 1 19 A sizeable subgroup is writing a common monitor system which..will run stacked jobs of all kinds in three distinct phases.
1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 483 An operating system that allows for stacked jobs has provision for recognizing and acting on end-of-job/start-of-next-job indications in the input.
1981 Computing Surv. 13 359/1 Means must be provided to recognize whether a stacked quantity is a pointer.
1989 Rhythm Apr. 54/3 The Impulse is a..trigger to MIDI interface..featuring..stacked MIDI note numbers.
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colloquial. Of a person, esp. a man: having a highly-developed muscular physique.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > having large
lacertosea1400
well-brawneda1450
brawned?1507
muscly1551
brawny1598
musculous1609
muscular1736
hard-bodied1785
thewy1845
muscularized1896
stacked1998
hench2003
1998 Birmingham Post 30 Dec. Suppl. 16/1 [Calvin Klein] undies [came] complete with pictures of rippling torsos like polished walnuts... Buying something as dull as a dishcloth became a promise of unfettered passion with a hunk stacked like a reject from muscle beach.
2016 @americanaaron_ 29 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Dec. 2020) Nothing beats looking over and seeing that you're curling a lot more than the stacked guy next to you at the gym.
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