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hamstered

hamstered is the simple past and past participle of hamster.

Meaning of hamster

Verb

hamster (third-person singular simple present hamsters, present participle hamstering, simple past and past participle hamstered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
    • Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off. It was in the little stinky one-horse towns that you had all the trouble.1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43
    Synonyms:
    stash

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Adjective

hamstered (comparative more hamstered, superlative most hamstered)

  1. (UK, slang) Drunk.
    • Yacub swayed slightly.
      “He's fucking hamstered! A good Muslim, you cunt.”
      They were also drunk, clutching cans of beer.2014, Kate Pullinger, Landing Gear, page 207

Forms of hamstered

comparativemore hamstered
superlativemost hamstered

Questions about hamstered

What does hamstered mean?
Hamstered means drunk.
What is hamstered the simple past and past participle of?
Hamstered is the simple past and past participle of hamster.
What part of speech is hamstered?
Hamstered is an adjective.

Words near hamstered in the dictionary

  1. hamster wheels
  2. hamster-wheel
  3. hamster-wheeled
  4. hamster-wheeling
  5. hamster-wheels
  6. hamstered
  7. hamsterer
  8. hamsterers
  9. hamsteries
  10. hamstering
  11. hamsterization

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