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  meth

  noun

  methamphetamine; Methedrine.
• meth-
  meth-

  a combining form representing methyl in compound words.
• Meth.
  Meth.

  abbreviation

  Methodist.

meth

¹ American  

[meth] / mɛθ /

noun

Slang.

1. methamphetamine; Methedrine.

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meth- ² American  

1. a combining form representing methyl in compound words.

   methenamine.

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Meth. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Methodist.

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meth ¹ British  

/ mɛθ /

noun

1. short for methamphetamine

2. short for methadone

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Meth. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Methodist

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meth- ³ British  

combining form

1. indicating a chemical compound derived from methane or containing methyl groups

   methacrylate resin

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Etymology

Origin of meth

By shortening

Example Sentences

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is demanding an investigation into reports that two U.S. officials died in a car crash after helping to dismantle meth labs in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Trieste, a city of 200,000 nestled on the Adriatic coast in Italy’s northeastern tip, has no raging meth epidemic and no housing crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

Gus' martial preparedness for Lalo's ruse to take down the meth fortress is foretold in the brief credits sequence which, this week, shows a tarantula crawling out from beneath a tie.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022

The latest sampling occurred after the lab disclosed in April its second case this year with a false positive for meth in the main toxicology lab.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

"Come away, Joan, he'th prob'bly all over coal dutht and all of a meth."

From More William by Crompton, Richmal

Mystery of godliness         Scientific healing has this advantage over other meth-         ods, - that in it Truth controls error.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker