crystal n.
1. (also crystal blow) uncut cocaine.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Hop-Heads 102: ‘Blackie’ pulled out a big knife and helped himself to two grains and a half of coke. ‘Japanese crystal,’ he said, squinting at the stuff. | |
| Snowblind (1978) 62: Chop up the crystals, divide the pile into ‘lines’. | |
| Airtight Willie and Me 29: I appreciated the crystal blow and his plans to celebrate my birthday. | |
| Secrets of Harry Bright (1986) 46: She would never miss an ounce of flake or crystal or pot when she was sniffing luggage. | |
| ONDCP Street Terms 7: Crystal — Cocaine. |
2. a term covering a variety of drugs of the amphetamine type, e.g. amphetamine sulphate, powdered methamphetamine, desoxyn.
| Freewheelin Frank 56: Geezin crystal is an amphetamine trip. It is a good trip because it is a waker — an upper rather than a downer like heroin. | |
| Snowblind (1978) 240: Called crystal by those on the spike, illegal methedrine is what most shooters mainline. | |
| Secrets of Harry Bright (1986) 7: The ether smell of ‘crank’ or ‘crystal’ was blown halfway to Indio the second it escaped the lab. | |
| Source Oct. 178: When I ask if he does any drugs, he answers, ‘A little bit of crystal’. | |
| Nature Girl 104: She’s finally off the crystal and dating a real-estate man. | |
| Pain Killers 242: The trio were [...] smoking crystal from a glass-bulbed pipe. | |
| Bad Sex on Speed 13: A rabbi would just appear [...] And it took this much crystal to see him. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Price You Pay 77: [I]magine a golf ball driven into wet plaster at ten paces by Tiger Woods if Tiger Woods was on a fucking appalling combination of steroids and crystal. | |
| ‘Broken’ in Broken 25: A bag of marijuana, a roll of bills and some crystal. |
3. attrib. use of sense 2.
| letter 21 Mar. Smiling in Slow Motion (2000) 101: Ronnie had a portfolio of nineteen-year-old nudes most of whom were crystal casualties. | |
| ‘Pure’ in Love Without 170: Some ex-con crystal freak who’s been jacking off to Chicks with Dicks for three days. | |
| Gutshot Straight [ebook] [G]irls on crystal breaks clattering on high heels to the bathroom and back. |
4. (also crystal flake) phencyclidine.
| et al. Recreational Drugs. | |
| et al. Angel Dust 124: ‘Crystal’, the purest form of PCP, is white [...] ‘Crystal flake’ refers to a slightly oilier, more liquid but relatively pure substance. | |
| Bk of Jargon 337: crystal. 2. PCP. | |
| Microgram Bulletin XXXVI:8 182: On the street, PCP is commonly referred to as Angel Dust, Hog, Ozone, Rocket Fuel, Shermans, Wack, Crystal, and Embalming Fluid. |
In compounds
see sense 1 above.
see sense 4 above.
(drugs) phencyclidine.
| et al. Angel Dust 124: The large number of street names it has been accorded over the years: [...] crystal joint. | |
| ONDCP Street Terms 7: Crystal joint — PCP. |
(US gay) an amphetamine-using homosexual.
| Queens’ Vernacular. |
SE in slang uses
In compounds
(US drugs) a potent variety of marijuana in which the flowers are covered with tiny crystals.
 | postingp about Amsterdam coffee shops at HipTravelGuide.com 🌐 Went to Ricks last year for the first time and discovered their superb crystal bud. |
a person who manages to make successful predictions; thus an intelligent person.
| ‘The Crystal Gazer from Crystal Falls’ on Mackinac Center for Public Policy 🌐 Known as the ‘Crystal Gazer from Crystal Falls,’ Emil Hurja was a local boy with a national impact. |
(drugs) crystal Methedrine.
| Teenage Wasteland 189: I spent several months cranked on ‘crystal meth’. | |
| Grits 46: A think uv Colm tellin me about the effects uv takin crystal meth with Columbian brown heroin. | |
| Call of the Weird (2006) 130: Haley had been strung out on ‘crank’ – the street name for crystal meth. | |
| Star Island (2011) 20: Cherry had whimsically decided to try crystal meth. |