canned
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kand//
- Canada//kænd//
- Australia//kæːnd//
- /[keənd] ~ [kɛənd]/
- /[keːnd] ~ [kɛeːnd]/
Preserved in cans.
adjective
- 1
Preserved in cans.
canned tomatoes
If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned.
- 2
Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.
canned laughter
The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.
The interpreter gave us a canned history of the site.
And the punch-lines seem to disappear like clouds across the sky / And the laughter could be real or could be canned
- 3
slangDrunk.
- 4
Terminated, fired from a job.
- 5
Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.
The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities.
verb
- 1
Also a form of cansimple past and past participle of can