roofie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From some pronunciations of Rohypnol, a brand name of flunitrazepam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹufi/
  • Rhymes: -uːfi

Noun

roofie (plural roofies)

  1. (slang, often plural only) The date rape drug flunitrazepam.
  2. (slang, by extension) Any drug designed to make someone drowsy or disoriented.

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Verb

roofie (third-person singular simple present roofies, present participle roofying, simple past and past participle roofied)

  1. (slang, transitive) To put roofies in; to spike with roofies.
    Someone roofied her drink, but she found out and poured it away.
  2. (slang, transitive) To cause someone to (usually unknowingly) ingest roofies.
    • 2012, Amanda Miller, Celebrity Blind
      Melody figured roofying him was the only way she could get him to her guest room, for the intimate photos she planned to take.
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