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muggle.

Marijuana.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmʌɡl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/General-American
  1. Marijuana.

    dated · in-plural · slang · uncountable
  2. A marijuana cigarette; a joint.

    countable · dated · slang
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown; first known to have come into use in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., in the mid-1920s.

noun/ˈmʌɡl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/General-American
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Muggle. A person who has no magical abilities.

    dated · slang
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Muggle. A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; also, a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider.

    broadly · dated · slang
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Muggle. A person who lacks a particular ability or skill; a non-specialist; also, a person who is not a member of a group; an outsider. A person not involved in the pastime of geocaching.

    broadly · dated · slang · specifically
Where this word comes from

See Muggle. The verb sense (“to deface a geocache”) derives from the fact that people interfering with such items are assumed not to be geocachers: see the noun sense 1.2.1.

verb/ˈmʌɡl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/General-American
  1. To deface, destroy, or remove a geocache.

    dated · slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

See Muggle. The verb sense (“to deface a geocache”) derives from the fact that people interfering with such items are assumed not to be geocachers: see the noun sense 1.2.1.

verb/ˈmʌɡl̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/General-American
  1. Often followed by along: to live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way; to muddle along.

    Ireland · UK · dated · dialectal · intransitive · slang
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown; attested in Berkshire, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Somersetshire, Staffordshire, the West Country, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. The word is possibly a variant of muddle.

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