Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An agent that intoxicates, especially an alcoholic beverage.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That which intoxicates; an intoxicating substance, as brandy, bhang, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium and laughing gas are intoxicants.
  • noun Poison.
  • adjective Intoxicating.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective causing
  • noun a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
  • noun a drug that can produce a state of intoxication

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Examples

  • Another intoxicant is “Sabzi,” dried hemp-leaves, poppy-seed, cucumber heed, black pepper and cardamoms rubbed down in a mortar with a wooden pestle, and made drinkable by adding milk, ice-cream, etc.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The airline also adopts rigorous medical checks for any long-term intoxicant-related dependence, which is a special type of testing that is currently not adopted by any other Middle East commercial airline.

    AME Info Latest News 2008

  • The man driving the Ford Fusion would be required to give a blood sample to test for any intoxicant, which is standard procedure in wrecks potentially involving a death, McCullor said.

    The Daily News - News 2009

  • Betelnut, I've heard, has some kind of intoxicant affect.

    Sound Politics: Were You Offended? 2007

  • I mean, you would sit there with some kind of intoxicant and groove to whatever it is that I'm playing or Nick Lowe is playing, you know, because I'm on tour with Nick, so, it's that kind of thing.

    Legendary Robyn Hitchcock Plays for the 'BPP' 2008

  • Very serious, seven charges of molestation, and also two other charges that he may have supplied some kind of intoxicant, whether it be a drink or perhaps a drug, to a child.

    CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2003 2003

  • (Chelsea Green, 2009), the word 'intoxicant' is derived from the Latin noun toxicum (poison).

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Paul Armentano 2010

  • (Chelsea Green, 2009), the word 'intoxicant' is derived from the Latin noun toxicum (poison).

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • (Chelsea Green, 2009), the word 'intoxicant' is derived from the Latin noun toxicum (poison).

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Paul Armentano 2010

  • (Chelsea Green, 2009), the word 'intoxicant' is derived from the Latin noun toxicum (poison).

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Paul Armentano 2010

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