Definition of "strung out" in Anglais

Adjective

1. Experiencing withdrawal symptoms of an addiction.

   • While he was strung out, he ranted about conspiracies that he couldn't remember when he sobered.

2. Widely spaced.

   • After the storm the armada was strung out over the ocean, unable to cover each other in battle.

3. Prolonged in an unnecessary or time-filling manner.

   • Then I had to sit through a long strung-out discussion about nothing in particular.

Verb

1. simple past and past participle of string out