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Definition of "turned-on" []

  • Slang Highly aware of and responsive to what is fashionable and up-to-date. (adjective)
  • Pleasantly excited or stimulated. (adjective)
  • Sexually aroused. (adjective)
  • Under the influence of a mind-altering drug. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "turned-on" in a sentence
  • "Read this when I was a young guy in the Navy, and probably stoned, but I seem to recall getting turned-on to literature through him."
  • "Cleverly, I wrapped an empty poop bag around the newly turned-on drinking fountain (lest he see the spouting water and run) and pulled a well-earned drink."
  • "Seeing her hard nipples straining against the fabric, she felt the pull of a turned-on clit and broke into laughter."
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