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to botox

to botox

1 5.4
To give or receive injections that relax facial muscles to reduce wrinkles and treat some medical problems
  • verb
  • /ˈboʊtɑks/
  • Informal
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  • After years of using sunscreen, she finally chose to botox her forehead to reduce wrinkles.

No, I did Botox for a long time and I loved it.

Examples

  • It's all a setup to reveal an overly botoxed Jimmy Kimmel, crying in an adjoining stall.

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  • You are an airbrushed, botoxed Stepford wife who drives a couple of Cadillacs.

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  • No, I did Botox for a long time and I loved it.

  • I will shoot you right in your beautifully botoxed face.

  • Don't they Botox each one of their pores so this doesn't happen?

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  • Needs a good smack across her fugly botoxed face!

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  • Hell, she was even getting botoxed right on her own show for the world to see, and you probably wouldn't even believe that had it not been on camera for your own eyes, if you even saw it.

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  • She lies, and she has no touch with reality; maybe someone should tell her she can't Botox the country, but I doubt she would believe it.

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  • Many celebrities are known to botox their faces to maintain a youthful appearance.

  • She decided to botox her smile lines before the big event to look her best.

How Invasive

to operate
155 4.5
to botox
  • Informal
1 5.4
massage
271 2.4
to wash
941 1.0

Surface Forms

botox infinitive
botoxed past
botoxed past participle
botoxing present participle
botoxes third person singular

Etymology

The word botox comes from the medical name botulinum and the word toxin ('poison'), and it began as a brand name for a medicine made from a very small amount of that poison. So, to botox someone is to give injections of that medicine to relax muscles and reduce facial wrinkles.