hinged

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /hɪnd͡ʒd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒd

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. (postal) Of a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge.
4. (slang, figurative) Sane; not unhinged.
   • 2025 July 22, Safiya Nygaard, [ I Tried The Best Convenience Stores in America https://youtu.be/7bjYAnSLBZo?t=1549], c. 25:50:

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

Derived terms

• hinged-back tortoise
• hingedly
• hinged tortoise
• nonhinged
• unhinged

Translations

affixed by a hinge

• Irish: ar insí
• Scottish Gaelic: bannach
• Spanish: abisagrado (es), enquiciado (es), engoznado (es)

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