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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dinged out adj.

[fig. use of ding v.¹ (1)]

(US)

1. drunk.

1968		Current Sl. II:4 4: Dinged out, adj. Intoxicated.
1999		G. Johnson Panorama 🌐 All you idiots that were polluting yerselfs should get ahold of some Java. Its cheaper and lasts a helluva lot longer and yur not dinged out the whole next day!

2. (US, also dingy) insane, mentally unbalanced.

1974		Zoo World 58 9 May 🌐 Then he came up with the idea that he was Judas and walked around with a rope around his neck. He was so dinged out he couldn’t dress or eat or anything. Finally he tried to hang himself but the rope broke.
1996		Fishbein & Pease Dybnamics of drug Abuse 291: When you come off of it, you’re still dinged out, and real light-headed. You’re not normal but you're not high. You just get kinda dingy for a couple of days.
2002		posting to homesteadingtoday.com 5 Sept. 🌐 I LOVE teaching, just LOVE it, and really like nothing more than dinged out, half crazed freshmen!