different between meth vs deth

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Clipping of methamphetamine.

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. (informal) Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tweaker

Etymology 2

Clipping of methadone.

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. (informal) Methadone.

Etymology 3

From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.

Noun

meth (plural meths)

1. (derogatory, Liverpudlian, Manchester) A tramp.

See also

• wino

Etymology 4

From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. A spiced mead, originally from Wales.

Etymology 5

Clipping of method, which see.

Noun

meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)

1. (slang) Marijuana.

Anagrams

• them

Middle English

Noun

meth

1. Alternative form of mede (“mead (beverage)”)

English

Noun

deth (countable and uncountable, plural deths)

1. Obsolete form of death.

Middle English

Noun

deth (plural deths)

1. Alternative form of deeth

Occitan

Contraction

deth

1. Contraction of de eth.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

deth

1. Alternative form of dheth