Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Furnished with hinges.

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  • adjective Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
  • adjective slang Extremely high on drugs.
  • adjective of a postage stamp Affixed with a stamp hinge
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hinge.

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Examples

  • Bank officials declined to comment on whether Mr. Fischer's acceptance of the new term hinged on the passage of the legislation.

    Fischer to Stay on at Bank of Israel Sara Toth Stub 2010

  • Bank officials declined to comment on whether Mr. Fischer's acceptance of the new term hinged on the passage of the legislation.

    Fischer to Stay on at Bank of Israel Sara Toth Stub 2010

  • Bank officials declined to comment on whether Mr. Fischer's acceptance of the new term hinged on the passage of the legislation.

    Fischer to Stay on at Bank of Israel Sara Toth Stub 2010

  • Bank officials declined to comment on whether Mr. Fischer's acceptance of the new term hinged on the passage of the legislation.

    Fischer to Stay on at Bank of Israel Sara Toth Stub 2010

  • The prospects of prevailing upon the Sublime Porte to come to terms hinged upon what those terms were to be, and Constantinople seemed likely to prove a stumbling-block to an understanding.

    Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 1893

  • These days he is rarely seen at the bowling crease, and was asked if a Test recall hinged on tightening his batting technique or bowling more to become the batting all-rounder so sought by the selectors.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Barack Obama promised transparency and accountability in the $787 billion stimulus package, the idea hinged largely on providing full disclosure on who would be spending which portions of the government's money.

    U.S. News 2009

  • And here's some guy on some kind of hinged freak bike:

    Archive 2009-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • And here's some guy on some kind of hinged freak bike:

    Cultural Accessorizing: Are Banjos the New Bicycle? BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Upon further reflection, I realized that he was probably never "hinged" in the first place.

    Column Left 2004

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