hinged

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hinged

  • /hɪnd͡ʒd/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɪndʒd

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. not comparable Affixed 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.
  2. not comparable, slang Extremely high on drugs.
  3. not comparable Of a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge.
  4. figuratively, not comparable, slang Sane; not unhinged. […] we were able to used the creamer again in a slightly more hinged scenario, in our drip coffee from the coffee station.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of hinge

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: stopped, jewel, set, anchored, linked, structured, tipping, articulated, fixed, depended, swivelled, swingable, pivoted, swinging, jointed, joined

Translations

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adj affixed by a hinge

Españolabisagrado, enquiciado, engoznado

adj affixed with a stamp hinge

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"hinged." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hinged. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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hinged. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hinged

Chicago

"hinged." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hinged.

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@misc{hinged_2026,
  title = {hinged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hinged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}