leaper n.
1. (US drugs) a cocaine addict.
![]() | Washington Times (DC) 11 June 57/2: He is a ‘leaper’ [...] He fidgets. He fumes. He never sleeps while under the influence of cocaine. | |
![]() | My Double Life 214: She learned that a cocaine addict is spoken of as a ‘snow-bird’ or a ‘leaper’. | |
![]() | Traffic In Narcotics 312: leaper. A cocaine addict. | |
![]() | Narcotics and Narcotic Addiction in Maurer Lang. Und. (1981) 317/1: leapers Users of cocaine who reach an advanced stage where jerky movements resemble St. Vitus dance. |
2. (drugs) any form of stimulant, amphetamine etc, usu. in pl.
![]() | Real Bohemia 63: Known as ‘leapers,’ ‘bennies,’ ‘dexies,’ they are usually swallowed as pills. | |
![]() | Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 39: Look, Bazza, try a couple of leapies and then you’ll really feel like swinging on! | |
![]() | On the Yard (2002) 87: The wads of charged cotton [from nasal inhalers] were known as leapers because of the energy and optimism they released in the men who choked them down. | |
![]() | Snowblind (1978) 240: The most popular word is ups. Brain ticklers, browns, cartwheels, chalk, Christmas trees, coast-to-coasts, dominoes, footballs, greenies, hearts, leapers and truck drivers are words of the sixties and are out of use now. | |
![]() | Cut ’n’ Mix 110: It’s graceful but the grace is always ‘under pressure’. Fred Astaire on leapers. | |
![]() | Indep. Rev. 19 Feb. 8: Uppers, downers, leapers, acid, coke and flirtations with heroin. |
3. a dud cheque, drawn against inadequate funds [note bounce v.2 (4)].
![]() | World of Jimmy Breslin (1968) 51: He issued a group of checks that were classified as ‘leapers.’. |