English Explanatory Dictionary

chase the dragon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To inhale the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.
  2. To chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.

Pronunciation

en-au-chase the dragon.ogg

Word forms

chase the dragon chases the dragon chasing the dragon chased the dragon

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 追龍 /追龙 (zeoi¹ lung⁴), a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong. Chasing refers to the careful movement of the liquid in order to keep it from coalescing into a single, unmanageable mass.

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