"power pill" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-power pill.ogg Forms: power pills [plural]
Etymology: From a power-up in the Pac-Man video game (1980) that grants the player temporary invulnerability. Head templates: {{en-noun}} power pill (plural power pills)
  1. (British, slang) A tablet of the drug ecstasy. Wikipedia link: Pac-Man Tags: British, slang Synonyms: E
    Sense id: en-power_pill-en-noun-jCKzHDvQ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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