noun
stoner
STOHN
noun
1
Someone who smokes cannabis regularly, especially as part of their lifestyle or identity.
"The film pokes fun at classic stoner comedy tropes."
"He's a bit of a stoner but he never misses a shift at work."
2
A machine that removes the pits (stones) from fruit such as cherries or olives.
"The factory installed a new cherry stoner to speed up production."
How to Use Stoner
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly, a regular cannabis user — informal and mostly non-judgmental in casual speech.
When to use it
Informal; the fruit-processing machine sense is a separate, purely literal use tied to the pit/stone meaning of "stone".
Word Forms
stoners plural, Stoners plural
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Etymology
From stone (in the drug sense of being "stoned") plus the agent suffix -er.