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dex

[ deks ]

noun

, Pharmacology Informal.
  1. short for dextromethorphan.


verb (used without object)

, Slang.
, dexed, dex·ing
  1. to take dangerously large amounts of over-the-counter cough suppressants containing dextromethorphan in order to get high.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dex1

First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences

Today she was letting her two puppies, Dex and Didi, run in the park.

"Dex ai," thundered the rescued Normans, and the whole host flew faster.

Here's the contense of three on 'em, which I've kep in my dex these twenty years as skeewriosities.

And choked in thy vile tan-pit, for scurvier song was never heard, par Dex!

"We're drawing down closer to the ground, too," announced Dex, pointing to their altimeter.

Then, before Dex's staring eyes appeared a huge, wedge-shaped head, at sight of which he bit his lips to keep from crying aloud.

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