canned /kænd/ adjective5 •Preserved in cans.If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned. •Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.The interpreter gave us a canned history of the site. •Terminated, fired from a job. •Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities. — 1997 •(slang) Drunk.