drugg

Noun

drogue (plural drogues)

1. (whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
   • through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth.1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun
2. A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
3. A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
   • At 11,000 feet, three pilot chutes deploy as the drogue chutes are cut away by pyrotechnics.2020, John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon, page 118

   Synonyms:

   drag parachute, drag chute, drogue chute, drogue parachute

4. A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
5. A wind cone.

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Noun (1)

drug (plural drugs)

1. A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
   • Aspirin is a drug that reduces pain, acts against inflammation and lowers body temperature.

   Synonyms:

   conservatory, medication, medicine, medicament, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical drug

2. A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
   • We took drugs and partied all night.

   Synonyms:

   recreational drug, dope, gear, horse, stuff, substance

3. (broadly) Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
   • Oh, get that buzz / Love is the drug / I'm thinking of1975, Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, “Love Is the Drug”, in Siren, performed by Roxy Music
4. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
   • And virtue shall a drug become.1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691

Noun (2)

drug (plural drugs)

1. (obsolete) A drudge.
   • Hadst thou, like us from our first swath, proceeded / The sweet degrees that this brief world affords / To such as may the passive drugs of it / Freely command, thou wouldst have plunged thyself / In general riotc. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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