hinged

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Canada, US/hɪnd͡ʒd/

adjective

Affixed by a hinge, as a door.

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Meanings

adjectivehinged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAffixed by a hinge, as a door.

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

    1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371
  2. not comparableslangExtremely high on drugs.
  3. not comparablepostalOf a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge.
  4. figurativelynot comparableslangSane; not unhinged.

    […] we were able to used the creamer again in a slightly more hinged scenario, in our drip coffee from the coffee station.

    2025 July 22, Safiya Nygaard, [ I Tried The Best Convenience Stores in America https://youtu.be/7bjYAnSLBZo?t=1549], c. 25:50
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of hinge

Origin

The "not unhinged" sense was created as a back-formation from unhinged.

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Translations

Irish ar insí
  • ar insíaffixed by a hinge
Italian linguellato
  • linguellatoaffixed with a stamp hinge
Scottish Gaelic bannach
  • bannachaffixed by a hinge
Spanish abisagrado, enquiciado
  • abisagradoaffixed by a hinge
  • enquiciadoaffixed by a hinge
  • engoznadoaffixed by a hinge

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hinged

wingedfringedunhinged
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Cite this entry
APA

hinged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hinged

MLA

“hinged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hinged. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hinged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hinged.

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