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词汇 pill popper
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Definition of pill popper in English:

pill popper

noun
informal
  • A person who takes pills freely.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The play then follows the fall-out of this revelation as the two sisters (one a soulless pill-popper from LA and the other a unhappily married London mother) argue with each other, their new sister and their somewhat hypocritical mother.
    • The songs address or speak for the usual suspects: has-beens slumped on barstools, oblivion-seeking pill-poppers and heartbroken sad sacks obsessing over ex-lovers.
    • We feel about our dogs the way pill-poppers feel about Percodan.
    • I felt miserable at first, because I had to start taking tablets immediately, and I'm not a pill-popper.
    • He became both the beautiful young man deified in airbrushed portraits hanging in countless Fifties-themed diners and the long-past-it jumpsuited pill-popper lampooned in black-velvet paintings.
    • This is a step closer to the truth than the old pill-popper can bring himself to admit.
    Synonyms
    abuser, user

Derivatives

  • pill-popping

  • nounˈpɪlˌpɒpɪŋ
    informal
    • I believe in India, the problem is not with price, but rather the root of this pill-popping disease lies in its availability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He plays Eli Wurman, a pill-popping, worn-to-the-nub New York City publicist whose attempts to arrange a glitzy civil rights benefit become entangled with a scary political cover-up.
      • The present day scenes, meanwhile, show how years of seclusion and pill-popping have left Vinnie and Lanny with bloated faces and deflated egos.
      • Roy's partner in crime is Frank who puts up with his associate's quirks - which also include agoraphobia, pill-popping and chain-smoking - so long as the money keeps coming in.
      • Who needs to cosy up to anything that could bring on heart trouble, diabetes or any of those dreaded diseases that shackle you to a lifetime of pill-popping and blood pressure checks.

Definition of pill popper in US English:

pill popper

nounpil ˈpäpər
informal
  • A person who regularly takes large numbers of pills, especially barbiturates or amphetamines.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We feel about our dogs the way pill-poppers feel about Percodan.
    • The songs address or speak for the usual suspects: has-beens slumped on barstools, oblivion-seeking pill-poppers and heartbroken sad sacks obsessing over ex-lovers.
    • This is a step closer to the truth than the old pill-popper can bring himself to admit.
    • He became both the beautiful young man deified in airbrushed portraits hanging in countless Fifties-themed diners and the long-past-it jumpsuited pill-popper lampooned in black-velvet paintings.
    • I felt miserable at first, because I had to start taking tablets immediately, and I'm not a pill-popper.
    • The play then follows the fall-out of this revelation as the two sisters (one a soulless pill-popper from LA and the other a unhappily married London mother) argue with each other, their new sister and their somewhat hypocritical mother.
    Synonyms
    abuser, user
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