pill popper
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A syringelike device for administering medicinal pills to animals.
Example Sentences
- "Well, you know, once Pop got into his sixties, he came to be a bit of a pill popper, what with the blood pressure and the blood sugar and the cholesterol and the arthritis."
- "It's great when people are enthusiastic about health and wellness, but you just have to watch out for how hard the vitamin people sell you on the pricey supplements — they'll try to turn you into a pill popper."
- "In addition to using methamphetamine, most of the women JJ encountered were pill-poppers—Xanax, Ecstasy, Somas."
- "I wouldn't hang around in that part of town after dark, what with all the methheads and pill poppers. I'm not looking to get robbed."