pill popper

English

Alternative forms

• pill-popper

Noun

pill popper (plural pill poppers)

1. A syringe-like device for administering medicinal pills to animals.

   Synonym: pill gun

2. (informal) A person who enjoys or frequently takes medication in pill form.
3. (informal) A person who frequently takes any other kind of pill, such as vitamins or illicit drugs.
   • 2008, Kerrie Droban, Running with the Devil, page 158:

     In addition to using methamphetamine, most of the women JJ encountered were pill-poppers—Xanax, Ecstasy, Somas.

Translations

one who takes pills

• German: Pillenschlucker m, Pillenschluckerin f
• Italian: impasticcato (it) m
• Spanish: pastillero m, pastillera f

See also

• pop pills