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Ambien

Ambien noun: trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.

Noun

Ambien (plural Ambiens)

  1. Trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.
    • The city never sleeps / Better slip you an Ambien2009, “Empire State of Mind”, in The Blueprint 3, performed by Jay-Z
    • But Eckleburg is powerless against her, so I take an Ambien, and then, at 2 AM, the New York City Department of Transportation decides it's the perfect time to rip up the street.2010, Patricia Morrisroe, Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia, page 119

Examples of Ambien in a sentence

  • Silicon Valley is not going to suddenly take an Ambien and stop innovating.2011, Jonathan Handel, Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age, page 389:
  • They ingest Ambien, Seroquel, LSD, Adderall, Oxycodone, cocaine, Flexeril, Percocet, psilocybin mushrooms and codeine.2013 June 4, Dwight Garner, “A Literary Mind, Under the Spell of Drugs and a MacBook”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • Roseanne Barr said she was “Ambien tweeting” when she wrote racist remarks on Twitter […].2018 May 30, Christine Hauser, “Roseanne Barr’s Ambien Defense Is Disputed: ‘Racism Is Not a Known Side Effect’”, in The New York Times...

Forms of Ambien

pluralAmbiens

Words formed from Ambien

Questions about Ambien

What does Ambien mean?
Ambien means trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.
How do you use Ambien in a sentence?
Silicon Valley is not going to suddenly take an Ambien and stop innovating.
What part of speech is Ambien?
Ambien is a noun.
What is the plural of Ambien?
The plural of Ambien is Ambiens.

Words near Ambien in the dictionary

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  8. ambience
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  11. ambient

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