"5150" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɪf.ti.wən.ˈfɪf.ti/ Audio: 5150 pronounciation.ogg [California, English] Forms: more 5150 [comparative], most 5150 [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪfti Etymology: From Section 5150 of California's Welfare and Institutions Code, regarding involuntary commitment for psychological evaluation and treatment. Head templates: {{en-adj}} 5150 (comparative more 5150, superlative most 5150)
  1. (US slang) Synonym of crazy: Of such an unsound mind that they should be involuntarily confined. Tags: US, slang Synonyms: crazy [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-5150-en-adj-2USctD27 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fifty-one fifty

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪf.ti.wən.ˈfɪf.ti/ Audio: 5150 pronounciation.ogg [California, English] Forms: 5150s [present, singular, third-person], 5150ing [participle, present], 5150ed [participle, past], 5150ed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪfti Etymology: From Section 5150 of California's Welfare and Institutions Code, regarding involuntary commitment for psychological evaluation and treatment. Head templates: {{en-verb}} 5150 (third-person singular simple present 5150s, present participle 5150ing, simple past and past participle 5150ed)
  1. (transitive, US slang) To involuntarily confine a person for a mental illness that poses a risk to themselves or others. Tags: US, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Fifty, Law Synonyms: commit, section, Baker Act
    Sense id: en-5150-en-verb-Yoaq9-so Disambiguation of Fifty: 24 76 Disambiguation of Law: 26 74 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English numeronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English numeronyms: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fifty-one fifty

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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