Shroom
//ʃɹuːm// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus. plural-normally, slang
"Dosage: The typical amount of beginner “shroom” dosage ranges from 1.5 grams of dried shrooms for a mild experience, to 3.5 grams for an intense experience."
- 2 a mushroom containing psilocybin taken as a hallucinogenic drug wordnet
- 3 Any mushroom. informal, rare
"These succulent little shrooms from pop culture scholar Lena Lencek will drive everyone back for seconds."
Verb
- 1 To take magic mushrooms. intransitive, slang
"Not just because it was sophmoric^([sic]) and juvenile (which it surely was) but I was shrooming pretty heavily by now."
Example
More examples"Dosage: The typical amount of beginner “shroom” dosage ranges from 1.5 grams of dried shrooms for a mild experience, to 3.5 grams for an intense experience."
Etymology
Clipping of mushroom.
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