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water
noun- methamphetamine or another central nervous system stimulant US
- — Geoffrey Froner, Digging for Diamonds, 1989
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, 1989
- phencyclidine, the recreational drug known as PCP or angel dust US
- — USA Today, p. 1A, 25 April 1989
- [A]ll the brothers that were slangin’ were selling “water,” “Sherman,” angel dust, PCP, or whatever you want to call it. — Yusuf Jah, Uprising, p. 180, 1995
- semen TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1983
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- a marijuana cigarette dipped in embalming fluid and then smoked US
- “They’re telling us these guys was on ‘water,’” Cherry said. — The Post-Standard (Syracuse), p. B1, 31 May 2009
▶ go in the water
to lose an athletic contest or other competition intentionally US- Then why did anybody bother to offer you money if you went in the water? — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, p. 306, 1955
▶ go to water
to be overcome with fear; to fail to maintain a resolve AUSTRALIA, 1950- He went to water and spilled the beans about me and Stan. — Ward McNally, Supper at Happy Harry’s, p. 156, 1982
- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 29, 1983
- — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 215, 1988
▶ in the water; out in the water
in debt US- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, 1992
▶ over the water
Northern Ireland UK
A British armed services’ view of the world.- The aim is to familiarize you with the small weapons that the Regiment [SAS] use over the water, especially covert operations with the pistol. — Andy McNab (writing of the late 1970s/early 80s), Immediate Action, p. 151, 1995
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