Meth
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride. countable, informal, uncountable
- 2 Methadone. countable, informal, uncountable
"Dunno why you want to try and make last any longer than it already does. Meth has to be the single most wicked shit I ever involved myself with. But as far as what it actually does, your best bet would be to trot down to the local library and look it up."
- 3 A tramp. derogatory
- 4 A spiced mead, originally from Wales. countable, uncountable
"The Russians, Swedes, Danes, and those of Northern Inhabitants, exceed all the rest, having made the drinking of Brandy, Aqua Vitae, Hydromel, Beer, Mum, Meth, and other Liquors in great quantitites, so familiar to them, that they usually drink our countrymen to death."
- 5 Marijuana. countable, slang, uncountable
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- 6 an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant wordnet
Example
More examples"Mom, Dad, I'm addicted to meth and I owe Big Jim a hundred million dollars."
Etymology
Clipping of methamphetamine.
Clipping of methadone.
From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.
From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).
Clipping of method, which see.
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