"pill popper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pill poppers [plural], pill-popper [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pill popper (plural pill poppers)
  1. A syringe-like device for administering medicinal pills to animals. Synonyms: pill gun Related terms: pill mill, polypharmacy, pop pills [verb]
    Sense id: en-pill_popper-en-noun-IpQGGg7R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 20 15 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 14 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 20 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 16 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 12 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 64 12 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 69 12 9 10
  2. (informal, humorous) A person who enjoys or frequently takes medication in pill form. Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-pill_popper-en-noun-ocElktpk
  3. (informal, often derogatory) A person who frequently takes any other kind of pill, such as vitamins or illicit drugs. Tags: derogatory, informal, often
    Sense id: en-pill_popper-en-noun-hbAESs3c
  4. (informal, often derogatory) A person who frequently takes any other kind of pill, such as vitamins or illicit drugs.
    (informal, derogatory) Especially, someone with a frank substance use disorder who consumes a large amount of illicit pills, especially opioid street drug pills: synonym of pillhead.
    Tags: derogatory, informal, often
    Sense id: en-pill_popper-en-noun-en:pillhead
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (one who takes pills): Pillenschlucker [masculine] (German), Pillenschluckerin [feminine] (German), impasticcato [masculine] (Italian), pastillero [masculine] (Spanish), pastillera [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'one who takes pills': 12 29 30 30

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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