stoned

Definitions

General English

• adjective

  with

  the stone removed
• adjective high on drugs

Slang

• adjective intoxicated by narcotics or alcohol. In the 1960s stoned proved the most popular of a number of synonyms employing the metaphor of punishment or

  damage

  (wrecked, destroyed, blitzed, etc.). It became the standard term to describe the effects of cannabis in particular. This use of the word originated in the argot of

  jazz

  musicians and bohemians in the USA in the 1940s.

Nearby Definitions of “stoned”

• still
• sting
• stock
• stock company
• stone
• stoned
• stop
• storage
• store
• straight
• strain

Contexts for “stoned”

2 definitions in context
• General English
• Slang