droog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.

Pronunciation

/druːɡ/

Word forms

droog droogs

Etymology

From Russian друг (drug, “friend”), in which sense it is used in the invented slang Nadsat in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

Derived words

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