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shabu

shabu noun: methedrine; methamphetamine.

Noun

shabu (uncountable)

  1. (Indonesia, Philippines, slang, Southeast Asia) Methedrine; methamphetamine.
    • […] burning or hammer-smashing of confiscated paraphernalia, however these be illegal — such as marijuana, plastic bags of shabu, pinball machines, video arcade equipment — since such acts of showmanship only lend themselves to media […]1997, Alfred A. Yuson, FVR, Sin, Erap, Jawô and other peeves, Anvil Books
    • […] some P6.4 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu was slipped passed the BOC through its automated classification system.2017 August 1, Mario Casayuran, “Customs payola: P147 B?”, in Manila Bulletin

Forms of shabu

alternative formsyabu

Origin of shabu

Probably from Japanese シャブ (“stimulant: amphetamine, methamphetamine”), in turn possibly from the verb しゃぶる (shaburu, “to suck on something”), from the way that the addictiveness of the drugs sucks in the user.

Questions about shabu

What does shabu mean?
Shabu means methedrine; methamphetamine.
What part of speech is shabu?
Shabu is a noun.

Words near shabu in the dictionary

  1. shabracks
  2. shabraque
  3. shabraques
  4. shabs
  5. shabti
  6. shabu
  7. shabu-shabu
  8. shabunder
  9. shabunders
  10. Shabungoth
  11. Shabuos

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