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horse tranquilizer

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horse tranquilizer

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The figurative senses are extended from the literal one, reflecting illicit human use of drugs intended for veterinary sedation or metaphorical comparison to such drugs.

noun horse tranquilizers

  1. countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
  2. countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable The drug ketamine.
  3. countable, uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see horse, tranquilizer: any of various drugs for veterinary sedation of equines or other large animals.

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"horse tranquilizer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/horse%20tranquilizer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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horse tranquilizer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/horse%20tranquilizer

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"horse tranquilizer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/horse%20tranquilizer.

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@misc{horse_tranquilizer_2026,
  title = {horse tranquilizer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horse%20tranquilizer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}