tweaker
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtwiːkər/
- Offensive
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Like there is no one on the roads, just you tweakers and cops.
- Like there is no one on the roads, just you tweakers and cops.
- We got to the house and this dude answers the door and he is a tweaker.
Examples
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Like there is no one on the roads, just you tweakers and cops.
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He's a tweaker, a speed freak.
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Regular methamphetamine users frequently become "tweakers," emaciated people with rotten teeth who neglect basic hygiene and pick at their skin, creating sores that often become infected.
Academic text (2006) -
But history buffs aren't his targets: "All I've been dealing with is tweakers," he says, using the slang term for methamphetamine addicts who loot sites for artifacts they can sell or trade for more drugs.
Academic text (2009) -
He was acting strangely at the party, clearly a tweaker under the influence of methamphetamine.
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After speaking to the tweaker, I realized he was unpredictable and jittery.
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The police arrested a tweaker who was causing trouble in the neighborhood late at night.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who takes illegal or recreational drugs
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9.2
A person who regularly uses illegal drugs
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9.8
A person who often uses illegal substances
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5.7
A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way
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9.6
A person who often uses drugs that make you more active, like amphetamines
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A person who is addicted to the drug meth
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tweaker is also slang from the same root tweak, where tweak came to mean 'to move or act in a nervous way'. Because the drug meth can make people restless and behave in strange or loud ways, tweaker became a word for someone who uses that drug and acts unpredictably.