"shroom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɹuːm/ Audio: En-au-shroom.ogg [Australia] Forms: shrooms [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: Clipping of mushroom. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mushroom}} Clipping of mushroom Head templates: {{en-noun}} shroom (plural shrooms)
  1. (slang, usually in the plural) A magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus. Tags: plural-normally, slang
    Sense id: en-shroom-en-noun-tiK6WgPy Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 10 36
  2. (informal, rare) Any mushroom. Tags: informal, rare
    Sense id: en-shroom-en-noun-0iCW0I0y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'shroom (english: mushroom) [especially]

Verb

IPA: /ʃɹuːm/ Audio: En-au-shroom.ogg [Australia] Forms: shrooms [present, singular, third-person], shrooming [participle, present], shroomed [participle, past], shroomed [past]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: Clipping of mushroom. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|mushroom}} Clipping of mushroom Head templates: {{en-verb}} shroom (third-person singular simple present shrooms, present participle shrooming, simple past and past participle shroomed)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To take magic mushrooms. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Recreational drugs Categories (lifeform): Mushrooms Derived forms: shroomer, shroomhead
    Sense id: en-shroom-en-verb-ky5svOwj Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 29 11 59 Disambiguation of Mushrooms: 36 14 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 12 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 14 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 'shroom (english: mushroom) [especially]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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