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Perc

//pɝk// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Percutaneous. colloquial, not-comparable

    "perc trach"

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Perc (“Percocet”) alt-of
  3. 3
    Clipping of Percocet, especially when it is used as a recreational drug. A Percocet tablet. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, uncountable

    "The Perc was starting to kick in, but not the way I wanted it to. It wasn't taking away the pain as much as making my head fuzzy, the way it did when I took too much."

  4. 4
    Clipping of percolation. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable

    "a perc test of the soil"

  5. 5
    Alternative form of perk (perquisite) alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "As members of the middle class try to hang on to the percs and privileges of their fading good life, they rush, as always before, to "cast their cares upon God.""

Etymology

Clipping of Percocet.

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