pill popper

English

Alternative forms

pill-popper

Noun

pill popper (plural pill poppers)

A syringe-like device for administering medicinal pills to animals.
Synonym: pill gun
(informal) A person who enjoys or frequently takes medication in pill form.
(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

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