load

/ləʊd/ noun

Definition

› [C] something that is carried, often by a vehicle: We were behind a truck carrying a load of coal.

a load/loads informal › a lot of something: There were loads of people there. Have some more food - there's loads.

a load of rubbish/nonsense, etc UK informal › nonsense

(Definition of load noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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