spaced-out

adjective

ˌspāst-ˈau̇t How to pronounce spaced-out (audio)
Synonyms of spaced-outnext
1
or spaced
ˈspāst How to pronounce spaced-out (audio)
: dazed or stupefied by or as if by a narcotic substance : high
2
: of very strange character : weird
a spaced-out fantasy

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that was a seriously spaced-out movie about an alternate reality a spaced-out representative from customer service who knew less than we did the mindless ramblings of a spaced-out, over-the-hill hippie
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Listen to this article Loading your audio article CHICAGO — Is the NBA too fast, too spaced-out and too much to handle for Purdue’s big man Zach Edey? NBA players and coaches say no — but agree the 7-foot-4 Edey has his work cut out for him. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024 But these are some of our favorite unfamiliar, unsettling, provocative, transgressive, spaced-out, psychedelic, surreal, meditative, confrontational, and, sure, difficult albums of the year. — Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of spaced-out was in 1937

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“Spaced-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaced-out. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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