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  • glue sniffing
    glue sniffing
    noun
    the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
  • glue-sniffing
    glue-sniffing
    noun
    the practice of inhaling the fumes of certain types of glue to produce intoxicating or hallucinatory effects

glue sniffing

American  

noun

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


glue-sniffing British  

noun

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

"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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Origin of glue sniffing

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65

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