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Meaning of "glue-sniffing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GLUE-SNIFFING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLUE-SNIFFING

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Glue-Sniffing 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 GLUE-SNIFFING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

glue-sniffing

Intoxicative inhalant

Intoxicative inhalants are a broad range of intoxicative drugs whose volatile vapors are taken in via the nose and trachea. They are taken by room temperature volatilization or from a pressurized container, and do not include drugs that are sniffed after burning or heating. For example, amyl nitrite and toluene are considered inhalants, but tobacco, marijuana, and crack are not, even though the latter are also inhaled as smoke. While some inhalant drugs are used for medical purposes, as in the case of nitrous oxide, this article focuses on inhalant abuse as recreational drugs that are used for their intoxicating effect. Inhaling volatile substances because of their intoxicating effect is called huffing.

Definition of glue-sniffing in the English dictionary

The definition of glue-sniffing in the dictionary is the practice of inhaling the fumes of certain types of glue to produce intoxicating or hallucinatory effects.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLUE-SNIFFING

glucoside
glucosidic
glucosuria
glucosuric
glucuronic acid
glucuronidase
glucuronide
glue
glue ear
glue-sniffer
gluelike
gluepot
gluer
gluey
glueyness
glug
gluggable
gluhwein
gluily
gluiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLUE-SNIFFING

ballot-box stuffing
buffing
chuffing
coiffing
effing
huffing
huffing and puffing
in the offing
naffing
offing
overstaffing
scoffing
sniffing
spiffing
staffing
stuffing
surfing
swoffing
tiffing
understaffing

Synonyms and antonyms of glue-sniffing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «glue-sniffing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLUE-SNIFFING

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

Translator English - Chinese

吸胶毒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inhalación de pegamento
570 millions of speakers

English

glue-sniffing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोंद सूँघने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استنشاق الصمغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

токсикомании
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

- cheirar cola
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আঠালো-আঘ্রাণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sniffer de la colle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lem sniffing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klebstoff - Schnüffeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

糊スニッフィング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

접착제 스니핑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lem-sniffing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

keo - sniffing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பசை-மோப்பம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरस-सांडणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tutkal koklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colla - sniffing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wąchanie kleju
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

токсикоманії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- aurolac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόλλα - εισπνοή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gom - snuif
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lim - sniffa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lim - sniffing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glue-sniffing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLUE-SNIFFING»

The term «glue-sniffing» is normally little used and occupies the 131.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLUE-SNIFFING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glue-sniffing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLUE-SNIFFING»

Discover the use of glue-sniffing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glue-sniffing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drugs and Drug Policy
1961, the New York Times published an article describing a similar problem with glue-sniffing in New York City. Within 5 months, police in New York had arrested 778 individuals for glue sniffing. Similar to the pattern we will see for other ...
Clayton J. Mosher, Scott M. Akins, 2013
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Glue Sniffing and Out of Body Experiences
I was permitted to see the left hand side of my soul. I have been in the same room as an alien. Events of this nature, although exceptional are not the main point of the story. I was asked to write of my experiences in the spirit plain.
William T. Stead, 2009
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The Facts about Inhalants
By June 1960 Denver police had investigated some fifty cases of glue sniffing. Later stories warned young people against sniffing glue. Unfortunately, this additional media coverage did not end the glue-sniffing menace. In fact, the opposite ...
Francha Roffe Menhard, 2005
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English Matters Level 4 Module 4
What is glue sniffing? Reading Look at the photograph before you read the passage. What does it tell you about the content. Read the passage below carefully. Glue sniffing means breathing in the vapours given off by certain types of glue.
Rassie Erasmus, Robert Hichens, 2002
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Drugs Across the Spectrum
Glue sniffing was given scant attention until the 1960s, at which time reports of glue sniffing ap- peared in newspapers throughout the United States. By warning readers of the dangers of sniffing glue, newspaper articles turned an obscure ...
Raymond Goldberg, 2009
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Small Wars: The Cultural Politics of Childhood
In Bom Jesus the strong subculture of glue sniffing has its origins in the local industry. While young factory workers often complain of nausea, headaches, nervousness, and dizziness from daily exposure to the toxic fumes of treated leather and ...
Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Carolyn Fishel Sargent, 1998
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Neuromuscular Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and ...
Glue Sniffing. Exposure to these hydrocarbons is most commonly the result of voluntary inhalation, so-called glue sniffing. Glue-sniffing neuropathy is characterized by predominant proximal as well as distal weakness.28 Distal paresthesias ...
H. Royden Jones, Darryl C. De Vivo, Basil T. Darras, 2003
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The Real Dope: Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on ...
According to the newspaper, this was the first death attributed to glue sniffing in Toronto. At the coroner's inquiry, a witness stated that numerous youth – no exact figure was given – sniffed glue at parkdale public School, the school attended by  ...
Edgar-André Montigny, 2011
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Management of Success: The Moulding of Modern Singapore
A recent example is the identification of glue sniffing as a national problem by officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, which had received information from doctors regarding cases of young persons developing brain damage as a result of ...
Kernial Singh Sandhu, Paul Wheatley, 1989
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Not this Time: Canadians, Public Policy, and the Marijuana ...
Canadians, Public Policy, and the Marijuana Question, 1961-1975 Marcel Martel. proved to be more appropriate, as ARF reminded the Ontario government at the time of the discussion of glue-sniffing.45 From December 1967 to January 1968,  ...
Marcel Martel, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLUE-SNIFFING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glue-sniffing is used in the context of the following news items.
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We're losing the war on drugs - U.S. should legalize their sale and …
Should we criminalize glue-sniffing? Stop the war on drugs, decriminalize them, and stop funding terrorism, all with one swift blow. ROCHELLE ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Looking back at The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
Cue Adrian indulging his curiosity about the practice of glue-sniffing. Glue-sniffing has a lower profile these days, but it was a major public ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
3
Man's 40-plus years living with schizophrenia has included a …
He said he doesn't know why he did it, but suspects his glue-sniffing activity may have been a factor. “I was very, very scared,” he said. “I went ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Drug-Addicted Kids Are “Victims, Not Criminals”
It has also become a worrying next step from glue-sniffing for street children who want to medicate their emotional suffering and forget their ... «Khmer Times, Jul 15»
5
Ms. G, Winnipeg woman in 90s fetus rights case, watches son …
A recovered glue-sniffing addict whose pregnancy made headlines in the 90s watched her teenage son graduate from high school in Winnipeg ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
6
Mystery of confessed street children killer given lifeline by court
It was a sight to behold as a multitude of glue-sniffing street boys and girls descended on the scene where Kamande's lifeless body lay ... «K24 TV, Jun 15»
7
Tourists and Residents: Stop Giving Cash to Street Kids!
... News by Khmer Times/Va Sonyka. Glue-sniffing is a common problem among street children in Cambodia. Often it is linked to child begging. «Khmer Times, Jun 15»
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Jim Murphy suddenly remembers he didn't sniff glue as a youngster
Sniffing glue was a widespread social problem that hit Glasgow in the 1970s and 1980s. Although the practice of glue-sniffing has declined as ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
9
Murphy tries to quell glue-sniffing speculation
Questions about past dalliances with drugs are notorious for wrong-footing politicians — think Bill Clinton and whether he inhaled. Now Jim ... «The Times, Mar 15»
10
Teens smoke crushed ants to get high
Health experts reckon glue-sniffing is a bigger killer of teens than hard drugs. But the warning seemed to be lost on the youngsters as several of ... «gulfnews.com, Mar 15»

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