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drug

UK/dɹʊɡ/ US/ˈdɹʌɡ/ common informal us
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

verb

1.

administer a drug to

  • “They drugged the kidnapped tourist”
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2.

use recreational drugs

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Origin

From Middle English drogge (“medicine”), from Middle French drogue, drocque (“tincture, pharmaceutical product”) (c. 1462), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge, as in droge vate (“dry vats, dry barrels”), mistaking droge for the contents, which were usually dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch drōghe (“dry”), from Old Dutch drōgi (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“dry, hard”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, medicine”). Cognate with English dry, Dutch droog (“dry”), German trocken (“dry”).

Phrases

  • blockbuster drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • club drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • combination drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • controlled drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • date rape drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • designer drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • dissociative drug terms derived from drug (noun)
  • do drugs terms derived from drug (noun)

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