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meth¹

  • /mɛθ/

Rhymes with -ɛθ

Where it comes from

Clipping of methamphetamine.

noun meths

  1. countable, informal, uncountable Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.

meth²

  • /mɛθ/

Rhymes with -ɛθ

Where it comes from

Clipping of methadone.

noun meths

  1. countable, informal, uncountable Methadone. 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.

meth³

  • /mɛθ/

Rhymes with -ɛθ

Where it comes from

From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.

noun meths · meff

  1. derogatory A tramp.

meth⁴

  • /mɛθ/

Rhymes with -ɛθ

Where it comes from

From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

noun meths

  1. countable, uncountable A spiced mead, originally from Wales. 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.

meth⁵

  • /mɛθ/

Rhymes with -ɛθ

Where it comes from

Clipping of method, which see.

noun meths

  1. countable, slang, uncountable Marijuana.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: methamphetamine hydrochloride, methedrine, methamphetamine, deoxyephedrine, methadone, drug, crystal, dope, stuff, junk, lab, stash, crank, product, meath, cohn

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noun methamphetamine

Españolmeta
中文冰 bīng, 冰毒 bīngdú
Русскиймет met

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@misc{meth_2026,
  title = {meth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}