

(of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response.That interviewer is tricky he asks loaded questions. (of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.Horace has been crippled by being set off against the 'sincerity' and 'spontaneity' of these two when it comes to the Greek lyricists, the dice are even more loaded against our poet, for the Greeks have not only spontaneity and sincerity on their side, but a phalanx of yet more formidable allies. * 2009, Michèle Lowrie, Horace: Odes and Epodes, page 224,.If you add to this the fact that the magistrate and the police sergeant are close friends, then the dice could not have been more loaded against my client. * 1997, , Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography, page 80,.The more we invest in a sexual encounter in a particular person, the more loaded the dice in a dating game that we are forever reminded we must play to win. * 1996, Elaine Creith, Undressing Lesbian Sex, page 49,.He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.

(gaming, of a die or dice, also used figuratively) Weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs. (baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.īy the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded. He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded. No funny business this heater's loaded !


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Let's leave the TV the car is loaded already.
