street name
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name.
Example Sentences
- "They said they'd never heard of medetomidine, but when the cop referred to it by its street name — rhino tranq — their ears perked up."
- "Ecstasy is the commercially inspired American street name of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine), a unique psychostimulant drug with both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects."
- "2008 January 19, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio Police quickly determined that the street name for holy sand was “cocaine” and said that the man’s arrest has made them think twice about the holy tic tacs and holy parsley they’ve seen lately."
- "They said they'd never heard of Mister Dzhugashvili, but when the cop referred to him by his street name — Stalin — their ears perked up."
- "“May I start calling you Severo? Doesn't that sound slick? It could be your street name, your punk name.” She battered her eyelashes."
- "Boyd asked, “What is your street name?” Mark said, “I'm called Two Fingers Mark.”"