drug

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /drʌg/

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Noun

Singular drug

Plural drugs

A pill with a drug inside

Someone smoking drugs

1. (countable) Drugs are substances such as alcohol, cocaine, or aspirin, that people take to make changes in their body.

   He's in jail for 3 to 15 years for drug trafficking.

   You no longer require a doctor's prescription for some drugs.

   The Canadian Government launched an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes.

   When children have a fever, avoid giving them any over-the-counter drugs that contain aspirin.

   The government is trying to stop traffic in illegal guns and drugs.

   Can you pick up some toilet paper at the drug store?

Related words

• druggie

Verb

Plain form drug

Third-person singular drugs

Past tense drugged

Past participle drugged

Present participle drugging

1. (transitive) If you drug somebody, you give them a drug, usually to put them to sleep.

   They put me in hospital, drugged me up and left me in there for two years.

Plain form drag

Third-person singular drags

Past tense drug

Past participle drug

Present participle dragging

1. (US); (not standard) The past tense and past participle of drag.