skin-pop

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skin pop]
- /skɪn pɒp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skin pop]
- /skɪn pɒp/

Definitions of skin-pop word

verb with object skin-pop to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein. 1
verb without object skin-pop to inject a drug under the skin. 1
noun skin-pop the subcutaneous or intramuscular injection of a narcotic 0
verb skin-pop to take drugs in such a way 0
verb transitive skin-pop to inject (a narcotic drug) subcutaneously 0

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Origin of skin-pop

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Skin-pop

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Skin-pop

skin-pop popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.