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strung-out

strung-out is the alternative form of strung out.

Meaning of strung out

Adjective

strung out (comparative more strung out, superlative most strung out)

  1. (slang) Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.
    • While he was strung out, he ranted about conspiracies that he couldn't remember when he sobered.
  2. Widely spaced.
    • After the storm the armada was strung out over the ocean, unable to cover each other in battle.
  3. (idiomatic, informal) Prolonged in an unnecessary or time-filling manner.
    • Then I had to sit through a long strung-out discussion about nothing in particular.

Forms of strung-out

comparativemore strung-out
superlativemost strung-out

Questions about strung-out

What is strung-out the alternative form of?
Strung-out is the alternative form of strung out.

Words near strung-out in the dictionary

  1. strung on
  2. strung out
  3. strung together
  4. strung up
  5. strung with
  6. strung-out
  7. Strunga
  8. Strunk
  9. Strunkian
  10. Strunks
  11. strunt

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