dripper n.2
(drugs) an eye-dropper, used to make a makeshift syringe or to drop LSD on to sugar-cubes, blotting-paper or some other medium of delivery.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Und. and Its Vernacular’ in Clues mag. 158–162: dripper Eye dropper used by drug addicts. | |
| Opium Addiction in Chicago. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | |
| ‘Teen-age Hophead Jargon’ AS XXVII:1 30: spike and dripper, n. A needle and a syringe. | |
| Shake Him Till He Rattles (1964) 135: The middle pages had been cut to form a small box, and the dripper and spike were packed in old cottons. |
In phrases
(drugs) to use suction to remove all traces of air from the medicine dropper that is used as a makeshift hypodermic syringe.
| ‘Lang. of the Und. Narcotic Addict’ Pt 2 in Maurer (1981) 105/1: To lip the dripper. To suck all the air out of the dinghizen before taking a shot; addicts commonly test for air by getting the dropper to stick to their lip or tongue-tip. | |
| Narcotics Lingo and Lore. |