loaded
/ˈləʊdɪd
/adjective
1Carrying or bearing a load, especially a large one: a heavily loaded freight train...
- Five minutes after we are off the tracks comes a loaded freight train rolling at a solid clip.
- Just then, Mother was carrying a loaded platter of pancakes to the table.
- A loaded logging truck carries anywhere from 45 to 100 cubic metres of wood.
Synonyms
full, filled, laden, packed, burdened, stuffed, crammed, brimming, freighted, stacked;
supplied, stocked
informal chock-full, chock-a-block
1.1(Of a firearm) charged with ammunition: a loaded gun...
- However, for those of you serious about taking your arm development even further, the use of an supplement may be the edge you need to turn your guns into loaded cannons.
- The only sure way is to have a gun on one's person at all times or a loaded firearm within very easy reach no matter where one happens to be.
- Dropping a loaded firearm is not so much a gross violation of gun etiquette as it is an invitation to a lawsuit.
Synonyms
primed, charged, armed, filled, containing ammunition, ready to fire, ready for use
1.2 [predicative] informal Having a lot of money; wealthy: she doesn’t really have to work—they’re loaded...
- They have allowed private builders to flout all laws and build for the rich and the loaded.
- We join in on keeping the people poor and Western companies loaded with money.
1.3 [predicative] informal, chiefly North American Drunk: it’s Friday night, and we want to get loaded...
- The chicks that work there are hot and friendly, and you can get loaded with little cash.
- That night, Jeff was a bit more loaded than usual.
1.4North American informal (Of a car) equipped with many optional extras; deluxe: 1989 Ford 250 LXT: low miles, loaded...
- And you shouldn't feel sticker shock as if you were purchasing a fully loaded Ferrari, remember that iSCSI is affordable.
2Weighted or biased towards a particular outcome: a trick like the one with the loaded dice...
- How do the conmen work-sleight of hand; marked cards; switched or loaded dice, it's all here.
- The casino also cheats, using loaded dice, and when Vaughn spots this the casino security beat him up and leave him for dead.
- The situation is analogous to rolling loaded dice: one could, if one was so inclined, construct a set of dice where sixes occur twice as often as normal.
Synonyms
biased, rigged, fixed;
weighted
informal crooked
2.1(Of a word, statement, or question) charged with an underlying meaning or implication: avoid politically loaded terms like ‘nation’ ‘Anything else?’ It was a loaded question and Kelly knew it...
- True, there are limitations in the survey method - a small collection of questions, often with loaded wording, with a small number of possible answers.
- Avoid making loaded statements or using words as weapons: ‘What a stupid thing to do!’
- If you don't give an answer to a loaded question but instead protest its loading, sometimes you are accused of dodging it.
Synonyms
charged, meaningful, pregnant;
tendentious, emotive, sensitive, difficult, delicate
Phrases
loaded for bear