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skin-pop

American

[skin-pop] / ˈskɪnˌpɒp /

verb (used with object)

skin-popped, skin-popping

to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.

verb (used without object)

skin-popped, skin-popping

to inject a drug under the skin.

skin-pop British

noun

the subcutaneous or intramuscular injection of a narcotic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

(intr) to take drugs in such a way

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of skin-pop

First recorded in 1950–55

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