hinged
adjCA, US /hɪnd͡ʒd/
Etymology The "not unhinged" sense was created as a back-formation from unhinged.
1
Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
- There are hinged side buffers, and the centre coupler also is hinged to enable the vehicles to work with ordinary stock.1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:
2
Slang Extremely high on drugs.
3
Of a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge.
4
Figuratively, Slang Sane; not unhinged.
- […] we were able to used the creamer again in a slightly more hinged scenario, in our drip coffee from the coffee station.2025 July 22, Safiya Nygaard, [ I Tried The Best Convenience Stores in America https://youtu.be/7bjYAnSLBZo?t=1549], c. 25:50
- Derived terms
- hinged-back tortoise, hingedly, hinged tortoise, nonhinged, unhinged