lude

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noun

A pill containing the drug methaqualone.

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Meanings

nounlude (plural ludes)

plural ludes

  1. slangA pill containing the drug methaqualone.

    “Dennis, these guys are badass shitheads. Oh, man. You got any ludes?” “Ludes? I don't think they make those anymore, man.” “Gum?” “We got Rita-rall.” “"Rita-rall"?” “Yeah.” “What's Rita-rall? Ooh, snortski. Oh, mmm... (snorting) Oh! Ooh, that's tasty stuff. Zap him again.”

    2009 December 10, Dave Chernin & Charlie Day, “The Gang Reignites the Rivalry” (7:08 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito)
verblude (third-person singular simple present ludes, present participle luding, simple past and past participle luded)

present singular third person ludes · participle present luding · participle past luded · past luded · alternative 'lude

  1. intransitiveslangTo get high on Quaalude.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
methaqualonequaalude

Origin

Apheretic form of Quaalude.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

lude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lude

MLA

“lude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lude. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lude.

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