drug

Meanings

Plural: drugs

Noun

a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
Ellipsis of drugstore.
A drudge.

Verb

administer a drug to
- "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
use recreational drugs
To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
To use intoxicating drugs.
simple past and past participle of drag

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English drogge (“medicine”), from Old French drogue, drocque (“tincture, pharmaceutical product”), 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 *dʰrewgʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Cognate with English dry, Dutch droog (“dry”), German trocken (“dry”).

Synonyms

do drugs, dope, dose, drug, gear, horse, medicament, medication, medicine, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical drug, recreational drug, stuff, substance

Scrabble Score: 6

drug is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
drug is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drug is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

drug is a valid Words With Friends word