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bluetoothing

bluetoothing noun: the practice of sharing the effect of an injected drug by using the needle to extract the blood from one recipient and then to inject it into another. Also the present participle and gerund of bluetooth.

Noun

bluetoothing (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The practice of sharing the effect of an injected drug by using the needle to extract the blood from one recipient and then to inject it into another.
    • Nyaope users inject themselves with the drug and then draw their own blood and pass the syringe to others who hope to get a high. This is called bluetoothing. Obviously, this is a dangerous and foolish practice.2020, Ryan Blumenthal, chapter 10, in Autopsy: Life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist in Africa, Jonathan Ball Publishers, →ISBN
    • After a second, the teen redrew the plunger and the syringe turned red with his blood. He withdrew the needle and handed the syringe over to someone who looked even younger. The second teen stuck the needle into his own arm and pushed the tainted blood into his vein. Bluetoothing, as this practice...2024, Kurt Ellis, chapter 19, in Catriona Ross, editor, Deadly Benefits, Penguim Random House South Africa, →ISBN

Verb capitalized: Bluetoothing

Bluetoothing

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Bluetooth

Also used as

bluetoothing is also the present participle and gerund of bluetooth.

Questions about bluetoothing

What does bluetoothing mean?
Bluetoothing means the practice of sharing the effect of an injected drug by using the needle to extract the blood from one recipient and then to inject it into another.
What part of speech is bluetoothing?
Bluetoothing can be a noun or a verb.

Words near bluetoothing in the dictionary

  1. bluetits
  2. bluetongue
  3. bluetongues
  4. bluetooth
  5. bluetoothed
  6. bluetoothing
  7. bluetooths
  8. bluetop
  9. bluetops
  10. bluets
  11. bluette

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