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STONED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stoned mean?
• STONED (adjective)
The adjective STONED has 1 sense:
1. under the influence of narcotics
Familiarity information: STONED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under the influence of narcotics
Synonyms:
hopped-up; stoned
Similar:
drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Context examples
Some of them were most ferocious-looking ruffians, who stared at me as I went by; and stopped, perhaps, and called after me to come back and speak to them, and when I took to my heels, stoned me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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