strung out
strung out adjective: experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction. Also the simple past and past participle of string out.
Adjective
strung out (comparative more strung out, superlative most strung out)
- Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.
- While he was strung out, he ranted about conspiracies that he couldn't remember when he sobered.
- She believed he was becoming strung out, if he wasn't hooked yet1971, Donald Goines, Dopefiend, page 20
- Widely spaced.
- After the storm the armada was strung out over the ocean, unable to cover each other in battle.
- "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of...1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232
- Prolonged in an unnecessary or time-filling manner.
- Then I had to sit through a long strung-out discussion about nothing in particular.
Also used as
strung out is also the simple past and past participle of string out.
Forms of strung out
| comparative | more strung out |
|---|---|
| superlative | most strung out |
| alternative form | strung-out |
Questions about strung out
- What does strung out mean?
- Strung out means experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.
- What part of speech is strung out?
- Strung out is an adjective.
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