dex

[ deks ]

/ dɛks /

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noun Pharmacology Informal.

verb (used without object) dexed, dex·ingSlang.

to take dangerously large amounts of over-the-counter cough suppressants containing dextromethorphan in order to get high.

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Today she was letting her two puppies, Dex and Didi, run in the park.
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Here's the contense of three on 'em, which I've kep in my dex these twenty years as skeewriosities.
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And choked in thy vile tan-pit, for scurvier song was never heard, par Dex!
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"We're drawing down closer to the ground, too," announced Dex, pointing to their altimeter.
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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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