roofie

Related to roofie: chloroform, Amish, unfriended, Rufie

roofie

Rohypnol, a brand name for a very potent tranquilizer producing a sedative effect, amnesia, and muscle relaxation; sometimes used as a date-rape drug

roof·ie

(ro͞o′fē)

n. Slang

A tablet of the sedative flunitrazepam.

[Probably alteration (influenced by roof) of Rohypnol.]

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roofie

(ˈruːfɪ)

(Medicine) drugs slang a dose of the sedative drug flunitrazepam

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roo•fie

(ˈru fi)
n.

Slang. Rohypnol.

[1990–95, Amer.; allegedly fr. its use by roofers]

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