keyed
/kiːd/
keyed is the simple past and past participle of key.
Adjective
keyed (comparative more keyed, superlative most keyed)
- Having a key, mated to a keyseat and/or keyway, to either control or prevent movement.
- Praiseworthy and admirable, often through exhibiting independence and security; based.
- OP is keyed as fuck
- Holy keyed.
- Synonyms:
- based
- Intoxicated by recreational or illegal drugs; drunk or high.
- [Chorus:Michael Marshall] I got 5 on it (got it, good), grab your 40 let’s get keyed. I got 5 on it, messin’ with that Indo weed.1995 July 4, “I got 5 on it”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz and Michael Marshall (singer)
Meaning of key
Verb
key (third-person singular simple present keys, present participle keying, simple past and past participle keyed)
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- So I worked on a tissue-paper copy of the perimeter plan, outlining groupings of plants of the same species and keying them with letters for the species.1996 January, Garden Dsign Ideas, second printing, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 25
- To depress (a telegraph key).
- To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs.
Synonyms of keyed
Antonyms
Forms of keyed
| comparative | more keyed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most keyed |
Origin of keyed
* (praiseworthy and admirable): Coined by Soyjak.party users upset at the widened usage of based (“praiseworthy and admirable, particularly in a perceived countercultural sense”) outside of their community. Most likely simply from the verb key; in slang perhaps connected to the "securing" action of a lock and key (compare e.g. scored).
Words formed from keyed
- keyed bugle
- keyed fiddle
- keyed up
- low-keyed
- nonkeyed
- unkeyed
Phrases with keyed
Words that rhyme with keyed
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- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
- counterplead
Questions about keyed
- What does keyed mean?
- Keyed means having a key, mated to a keyseat and/or keyway, to either control or prevent movement.
- What is keyed the simple past and past participle of?
- Keyed is the simple past and past participle of key.
- What part of speech is keyed?
- Keyed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce keyed?
- Keyed is pronounced /kiːd/.
Words near keyed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: keyed (page history and authors); key (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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