meth
/mɛθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.62 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: meddyglyn, medicus