glue sniffing

American  

noun

1. the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.

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glue-sniffing British  

noun

1. the practice of inhaling the fumes of certain types of glue to produce intoxicating or hallucinatory effects

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Other Word Forms

• glue sniffer noun
• glue-sniffer noun

Etymology

Origin of glue sniffing

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65

Example Sentences

Henley, who said he shot and killed Corll in 1973 in self-defense after hours of drinking and glue sniffing at Corll’s Pasadena house, also is serving six life sentences.

From Seattle Times

He cast them as benign alternatives to gambling and “glue sniffing.”

From Washington Times

Mr. Chin went to work for Mr. Woods as his vice president for business affairs and executive-produced the 1997 art film “Gummo,” a controversial cult hit with a cast composed primarily of nonactors and with scenes of glue sniffing and cat torture.

From New York Times

He added: "When I was growing up, and it was a long time ago, in the housing scheme that I lived in, glue sniffing was the thing. "At that time, drugs, and I'm giving away my age, it was just a kind of working class thing to do, kind of sniffing glue out of crisp pokes.

From BBC

After the event, a spokesman for Scottish Labour said: "Just to be clear, Mr Murphy has never taken drugs. "The point he was making at the Glasgow University debate was that when he was growing up drugs weren't as widespread and that the harmful thing for many people back then was glue sniffing.

From BBC