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plural loaders
Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. quotations examples
A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.
1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85
The loader […] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in as far as he could. The rammer rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his priming wire to make sure.
2014, Benerson Little, The Sea Rover's Practice
(computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution. examples
A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader, etc. examples
(marketing) An incentive given to a dealer. quotations examples
Unique point-of-purchase materials and display loaders dramatically contribute to the display's attention-getting ability.
1990, Robert B. Konikow, Sales Promotion Design, page 197
Marketers use dealer loaders to obtain new distributors and push larger quantities of goods.
1995, William M. Pride, O. C. Ferrell, Marketing: Concepts and Strategies, page 591
Dealer (or buying) loaders are gifts offered to resellers for stocking products. Many companies specialize in providing premium and gift items, and publish catalogues from which you can select appropriate items.
2001, Stuart Clark Rogers, Marketing Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques, page 172
simple past and past participle of load examples
comparative more loaded, superlative most loaded
Burdened by some heavy load; packed. quotations examples
With regard to France and Holland, therefore, I muſt think, Sir, and it has always been the general Opinion, that the Subjects of each are more loaded and more oppreſſed with Taxes and Exciſes than the People of this Kingdom ;
1737, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 7, page 780
[…] the fever began to assume a low type ; the tongue became loaded with a thick brown crust ; […] .
1812, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 8, page 118
[…] and for that reason the arches of the vaults of any apse should never be more loaded than the arches of the principal building.
1888, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jean Paul Richter (translator), The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, XIII: Theoretical writings on Architecture
What is known concerning supernatural matters is a sort of common deposit, guarded by everybody, and handed down without any intervention on the part of an authority; fuller in one place, scantier in another, or, again, more loaded with external symbols according to the intelligence, the temperament, the organization, the habits, and the manner of the people's life.
1913, Catholic Encyclopedia, Africa
What had traditionally been a morally neutral sport became loaded with a set of Victorian values.
2011, Matt Rogan, Martin Rogan, Britain and the Olympic Games: Past, Present, Legacy, page 15
(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber. examples
(colloquial) Possessing great wealth. quotations examples
She told me that her Dad was loaded / I said "In that case, I'll have rum and coca-cola"
1995, “Common People”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp
Is he loaded? “Yeah!” How much is he worth? “I don’t know, but I could probably never be poor again. When I see stuff in the paper like, ‘Oh, he’s worth £20m quid’, I ain’t worth that much. I don’t know what I’ve done with my money. […] ”
2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian
And my God, doesn’t it feel good? For a few moments to think of the country as the place of sacred ointments and special spoons, grand cathedrals and epically wealthy, exquisitely dressed people. In that moment we can see our own country in their image: a country that is sober, benign and loaded.
2023 May 8, Nesrine Malik, “The coronation pulled a screen across a desperate, failing nation – just as intended”, in The Guardian
(slang) Drunk. quotations
‘Well, I’m loaded right now and I can’t remember where it is right now, tiny country . . in the west?’
2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, page 141
(baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases. examples
(dice games, also figurative) Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws. quotations examples
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
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, Joe Slovo, Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography, page 80
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
(of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap. quotations examples
At a press conference held in a Valencia hotel two weeks ago, Jesús “Suso” García Pitarch was asked why Peter Lim had bought the city’s football team in the first place. It was a loaded question, one supporters have pondered often over the last couple of years, and the answer, or the lack of one, felt loaded as well.
2017 January 18, Sid Lowe, “Chaos at Mestalla: Valencia's journey from Champions League to utter disarray”, in the Guardian
(of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings. quotations examples
The more loaded phrase is the middle one, "she slit his gullet," since it captures a sense of crudeness and suddenness that the other two do not.
2003, L. Susan Bond, Contemporary African American Preaching: Diversity in Theory and Style, page 30
(of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options. examples
(food, colloquial) Covered with a topping or toppings. examples
Weighted with lead or similar. examples