Drug

  • 41drug*/*/*/ — [drʌg] noun [C] I 1) an illegal substance that affects someone physically or mentally when they put it into their body drug smuggling[/ex] a drug addict (= someone who cannot stop using illegal drugs)[/ex] She had never taken drugs in her… …

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  • 42drug — 1. in. to use drugs. (Drugs.) □ There is no way that she will stop drugging by herself. D Why does she drug so heavily? 2. AND drug out mod. down; depressed. □ Man, am I drug! □ We are all drug out …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 43drug — Synonyms and related words: Adrenalin, Benzedrine, Dexamyl, Dexedrine, KO, Methedrine, Mickey Finn, aloes, ammonium carbonate, amphetamine, amphetamine sulphate, analgesic, anesthetic, anesthetize, anoint, antidepressant, article, article of… …

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  • 44drug up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms drug up : present tense I/you/we/they drug up he/she/it drugs up present participle drugging up past tense drugged up past participle drugged up to give someone a lot of drugs or medicine with the result that… …

    English dictionary

  • 45drug — n 1. medicine, medication, medicament, remedy, physic, curé; curé all, panacea, wonder drug. 2. narcotic, Inf. opiate, depressant, sedative, tranquilizer, soporific, hypnotic; barbiturate, Sl. barbs. Inf. down or downer, quaalude, Sl. lude, Sl.… …

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  • 46drug —   Lā au ho omalule kino, lā au ho onoenoe, lā au ho ohiamoe, lā au moe, mea ona.   Cf. marijuana, opium, medicine.   Plants used to drug fish: auhuhu, hola, auhola.    ♦ A drug on the market (plentiful), pākī.    ♦ To mix drugs, kāwili lā au …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 47drug — Broadly defined, any substance used as a medicine or in the composition of medicine for internal or external use, including patent and proprietary remedies that possess or are reputed to possess curative or remedial properties. Kelly v Carroll,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 48drug — 1. noun /dɹʌɡ/ a) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature. b) …

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  • 49drug — [14] Drug is one of the mystery words of the language. It is clear that English acquired it from Old French drogue, but no one is certain where the French word came from. One suggestion is that it originated in Arabic dūrawā 179 duct ‘chaff’;… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 50drug — Past tense of drag. I didn t want to come but she drug me here …

    Dictionary of american slang