drug

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrʌg/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/drʌg/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling'drug': (drug); 'Drug': (drŏŏg)

Inflections of 'drug' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
drugs
v 3rd person singular
drugging
v pres p
drugged
v past
drugged
v past p

Collocations for "drug"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "drug" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2025

drug

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [soft, hard, fatal, lethal, synthetic, addictive] drugs
  2. a class [A, B, C] drug
  3. [laboratory, pharmaceutical, prescription, OTC, over-the-counter] drugs
  4. are [testing, researching, developing] a new drug for [cancer, AIDS]
  5. working on a drug to cure [cancer]
  6. the [possession, dealing, trading, sale, importing] of drugs
  7. the [use, usage, users] of drugs
  8. is [addicted to, hooked on] drugs
  9. are testing the (new) drug on [mice, subjects]
  10. a drug to [combat, beat, cure, prevent]
  11. arrested for possession of drugs
  12. arrested for [selling, dealing, possessing] drugs
  13. found (illegal) drugs hidden in the [car, vehicle, container]
  14. got [really, very, incredibly] high off the drug
  15. the drug is meant (to be used) for
  16. he must have been on drugs!
  17. [money, fame, power] is his drug
  18. the [rise, surge, popularity] of synthetic drugs
  19. the war on drugs
  20. a new drug on the market
v
  1. drugged [my drink, the food, his soup]
  2. drugged the [drink] with [pcp, laxatives, poison]
  3. drugged his [enemy, date]
  4. drug a patient with [sedatives, morphine]
  5. the [doctor, kidnapper] drugged him
  6. drugged by the [doctor]
  7. drugged to [calm, silence, relieve, alleviate, stop]
  8. drugged and [beaten, raped, smuggled]
n as adj
  1. drug [dependence, addiction]
  2. drug [users, treatment, use, usage, consumption]
  3. a drug trial (for)
  4. [embroiled, involved, engaged] in a drug war
  5. [arrest, imprison, bust] a drug dealer
  6. a drug bust
  7. is my drug dealer
'drug' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abuse - acting - addicted - application - bondage - bust - consumer - cop - culture - daze - deadly - dealer - dealing - delayed - develop - effective - effectiveness - enforcement - extensive - fast - fiend - fit - fix - food - freak - fund - hangout - haze - hit - ingredient - intervention - involve - lull - mild - minor - miracle - nose - pipeline - possession - powerful - proprietary - pure - racket - rampant - rebound - regulation - reliance - remarkable - resistance - scum

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