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Meaning of "drug-taker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRUG-TAKER

drug-taker  [ˈdrʌɡˌteɪkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRUG-TAKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drug-Taker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRUG-TAKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drug-taker in the English dictionary

The definition of drug-taker in the dictionary is someone that takes illegal drugs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRUG-TAKER


acre
ˈeɪkə
baker
ˈbeɪkə
bookmaker
ˈbʊkˌmeɪkə
breaker
ˈbreɪkə
caretaker
ˈkɛəˌteɪkə
coffee-maker
ˈkɒfɪmeɪkə
copytaker
ˈkɒpɪˌteɪkə
heartbreaker
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkə
homemaker
ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə
Jamaica
dʒəˈmeɪkə
maker
ˈmeɪkə
painstaker
ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkə
partaker
pɑːˈteɪkə
Quaker
ˈkweɪkə
retaker
riːˈteɪkə
saker
ˈseɪkə
shaker
ˈʃeɪkə
shoemaker
ˈʃuːˌmeɪkə
taker
ˈteɪkə
undertaker
ˈʌndəˌteɪkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRUG-TAKER

drug smuggler
drug squad
drug test
drug trafficker
drug trafficking
drug tsar
drug-driver
drug-driving
drug-induced
drug-running
drug-taking
drugged
drugger
drugget
druggie
drugging
druggist
druggist´s
druggy
druglord

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRUG-TAKER

beaker
circuit breaker
dealbreaker
flaker
ice maker
icebreaker
keynote speaker
lawmaker
loudspeaker
matchmaker
movie maker
pacemaker
poll taker
sneaker
speaker
spinnaker
tea-maker
troublemaker
Whitaker
Windbreaker

Synonyms and antonyms of drug-taker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drug-taker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRUG-TAKER

Find out the translation of drug-taker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drug-taker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drug-taker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

药物接受者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drogadicto
570 millions of speakers

English

drug-taker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दवा लेने वाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المخدرات بين محتجزي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Препарат берущим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

droga -taker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাদক সংগ্রাহক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drogué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengambil dadah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drogenkonsument
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薬物テイカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약물 즐긴다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tambalan obat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuốc chép
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மருந்து-கைப்பற்றினார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

औषध-घेणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İlaç Golcü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drug- taker
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyjmujący lek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Препарат що беруть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de droguri - taker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φάρμακο - κτήτορας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dwelm -moordenaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

narkotika taker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

medikament - taker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drug-taker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUG-TAKER»

The term «drug-taker» is used very little and occupies the 181.507 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUG-TAKER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drug-taker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRUG-TAKER»

Discover the use of drug-taker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drug-taker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History
These events involve not only the drug taker himself, but also persons with whom he comes in contact and a number of social groups and institutions. For example, drug takers may present evidence of such things as alterations in perception or ...
Robert Hamlett Bremner, 1974
2
Treating Drinkers and Drug Users in the Community
That is, there is uncertainty about whether it is best to engage the problem drug taker or best to disengage and leave him to his own devices; and there is the problem about whether to be 'tough' with the drug taker, or to be 'soft' and caring.
Tom Waller, Daphne Rumball, 2008
3
Howling At The Moon: Star-maker. Rule-breaker. Drug Taker. ...
The CEO and president of CBS Records documents his career from 1975 to 1990, a period of significance for the pop music genre and unprecedented profit for CBS that reflected his ambition, addictions to cocaine and sex, working-class ...
Walter Yetnikoff, David Ritz, 2004
4
Doing Qualitative Analysis In Psychology
Negative qualities included overprotectiveness, unassertiveness, holding a rose- tinted view of the drug taker, etc. He found that the most commonly occurring negative qualities reported in his vignettes were the relative's unassertiveness and ...
Nicky Hayes,, 2013
5
The Ecstatic Imagination: Psychedelic Experiences and the ...
The mode imagines not opportunities for actions but purposes that are directed toward the drug taker. By so doing, it imagines objective purposes for the drug taker: intrinsic, objective value and meaning, over and above subjective amhitions ...
Daniel Merkur, 1998
6
Changing Lives, Changing Drug Journeys: Drug taking ...
(interview at age 28) At the time of her latest interview, when she was age 28, Lindsay was again living with a partner who was a non-drug taker, but she also took cocaine a couple of times per year with friends. Narratives like Lindsay's ...
Lisa Williams, 2012
7
Growing Pains: A Study of Teenage Distress
THE DRUG-TAKER Classically, the drug-taker has been considered to have a dependent type of personality, even bordering on inadequacy, and needing a prop to bolster up his self-esteem. Many drugs will do just this, at least in the short  ...
Edna M. Irwin, 2013
8
Drugs Popular Culture
Table 4.8 Percentage of 22-year-olds by drug status who have a least 1 close friend who has tried individual drugs Current Opportunistic Ex-drug drug taker drug taker taker Abstainer Total n size 130 73 159 101 463* Column per centage  ...
Paul Manning, 2013
9
Drugs and Popular Culture: Drugs, Media and Identity in ...
Table 4.8 Percentage of 22-year-olds by drug status who have a least 1 close friend who has tried individual drugs Current Opportunistic Ex-drug drug taker drug taker taker Abstainer Total n size 130 73 159 101 463* Column per centage  ...
Paul Manning, 2007
10
The Politics of Addiction: Medical Conflict and Drug ...
The 'problem drug taker' label could be seen as both normalising and re- pathologising drug users: on the one hand it suggested that not all drug users experienced problems with their drug use as 'the majority are relatively stable individuals ...
Sarah G. Mars, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRUG-TAKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drug-taker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Taking Psychiatric Drugs Does a Number on Our Moral Decision …
In either case, there would be an effect on the way in which the aversion to harming others is disturbed in the drug-taker. In order to determine whether there was ... «Big Think, Jul 15»
2
AFL footballers and their party drugs shame exposed
“I'm not a drug-taker and would never encourage it but there is a part of me that can see why an AFL player does it. You would need to ask ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
3
'Nature Boy' Buddy Landel battled his demons, but found redemption
“I always wanted to be great in everything I did. Whether it was to be great in sports or whether it was to be a great drug-taker,” said Landel. «Charleston Post Courier, Jun 15»
4
City worker openly snorts coke on London Underground train
The brash drug-taker, believed to have got on after London Bridge Station, then offers his powder to the restaurant manager and asks if he is a cop when he ... «The Sun, Jun 15»
5
Amy director Asif Kapadia defends himself against Mitch Winehouse …
The film charts her journey from teenage wannabe to pop star, drug-taker and music icon. It's a far from hagiographic portrait as the director ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
Fear and Loathing: Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's farm to …
The legendary drug-taker and father of Gonzo journalism who penned often-crazed but insightful articles, many for the Rolling Stone, on the ... «International Business Times UK, Jun 15»
7
'Samurai' drug-taker jailed 10 years
A jobless man who went to his neighbour's house and slashed him with a small samurai sword because of a debt was jailed for 10 years ... «AsiaOne, Mar 15»
8
EastEnders' Nick Cotton DIES after mum Dot refuses his pleas for an …
Spending Nick's final minutes with him, Dot admits she created a monster and listed all of his faults, from drug-taker, to murderer, to general ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
9
Winston Churchill: the enigma of a British hero
He looks like a drug-taker, or at least as if there was something wrong to be ashamed of… I happened to be next to him also in the lavatory and ... «The Independent, Jan 15»
10
Jack Nicholson, and the sad demise of the ageing Lothario
Here was the original Jack the Lad and well into his pensionable years, Nicholson was a resplendent lover, drinker, drug-taker and party ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Drug-Taker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drug-taker>. May 2024 ».
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