hinged

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hinged (not comparable)

1. Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
   • 1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:

     There are hinged side buffers, and the centre coupler also is hinged to enable the vehicles to work with ordinary stock.

2. (slang) Extremely high on drugs.
3. (of a postage stamp) Affixed with a stamp hinge

Derived terms

• hinged-back tortoise
• hinged tortoise

 

Translations

affixed by a hinge

• Irish: ar insí
• Scottish Gaelic: bannach

high on drugs

affixed with a stamp hinge

• Italian: linguellato

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} bacánach

Verb

hinged

1. simple past and past participle of hinge

Anagrams

• nighed

Estonian

Noun

hinged

1. nominative plural of hing