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glue sniffing

noun

  1. the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.


glue-sniffing

noun

  1. the practice of inhaling the fumes of certain types of glue to produce intoxicating or hallucinatory effects
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ±ô³Ü±ð-ˌ²õ²ÔŸ±ŽÚŽÚ±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • glue sniffer noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glue sniffing1

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65
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Example Sentences

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"They introduced us to glue sniffing, smoking cigarettes and drinking vodka by the bottle," June recalled.

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"Glue sniffing jockeys don't win the Derby."

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In the past five years, they have filed 26 incident reports of “glue sniffing,” 20 for people accused of making “annoying phone calls” and four for “bookmaking,” according to the city’s crime reporting system.

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We can’t survive another four years of whatever this glue sniffing Oompa Loompa is doing to break us as a Nation.

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Henley, who said he shot and killed Corll in 1973 in self-defense after hours of drinking and glue sniffing at Corll’s Pasadena house, also is serving six life sentences.

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