meth
noun
methamphetamine; Methedrine.
meth
1 American
[meth]
/ mɛθ /
noun
Slang.
meth-
2
American
Meth.
3
American
abbreviation
meth
1
British
/ mɛθ /
noun
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short for methamphetamine
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short for methadone
Meth.
2
British
abbreviation
meth-
3
British
combining form
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
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
An Illinois man is suing the city of Springfield, alleging police unlawfully took an urn with his daughter's ashes and said it tested positive for meth.
From BBC ● May 24, 2021
"That wath what Jane callth a meth, wathn't it?"
From The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar by Janet Aldridge
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 Mary Baker Eddy
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