Meanings
- slanguncountablePhencyclidine, a type of dissociative anesthetic.
Synonyms: crystal, fairy dust, ill, hog, horse tranquilizer, KJ, love boat, magic mist
- IrelandslanguncountableClenbuterol, a banned drug formerly used in animal feedlots.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPhencyclidine, a type of dissociative anesthetic.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or ‘dust’) for its effects as a hallucinogen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
First attested in c. 1969 in Rolling Stone magazine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 天使塵 /天使尘
- 天使塵 /天使尘phencyclidine
Esperanto anĝela polvo
- anĝela polvophencyclidine
Finnish enkelipöly
- enkelipölyphencyclidine
Greek αγγελόσκονη
- αγγελόσκονη (angelóskoni)phencyclidine
Japanese エンジェルダスト
- エンジェルダスト (enjeru dasuto)phencyclidine
Russian а́нгельская пыль
- а́нгельская пыль (ángelʹskaja pylʹ)phencyclidine
Cite this entry
angel dust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20dust
“angel dust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angel%20dust. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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