canned

Verb

Verb Forms: canned, canning, cans

• Preserved in a can; recorded or filmed in advance.
• Preserved in a can; recorded or prepared in advance.
• preserve in a can or tin
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• simple past and past participle of can

Adjective Satellite

• recorded for broadcast
  • "canned laughter"
• sealed in a can or jar

Adj

• Preserved in cans.
• Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.
• Drunk.
• Terminated, fired from a job.
• Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.

Examples

• canned laughter
• canned tomatoes
• Her opponent’s victory speech felt entirely canned, as if he’d practiced it for weeks.
• His strategy was so predictable, it felt like his Words With Friends moves were CANNED.
• If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned.
• The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.

Synonyms

can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, put up, sack, send away, terminate, tin, tinned, transcribed, boilerplate, drunk, stock

Antonyms

hire, dried

Anagrams of canned