Percocet

P3E1R1C3O1C3E1T1
/ˈpɜɹkəˌsɛt/

proper noun

A brand name for an analgesic combination drug containing oxycodone and paracetamol, often used for recreational purposes.

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

proper nounPercocet (countable and uncountable, plural Percocets)

plural Percocets

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA brand name for an analgesic combination drug containing oxycodone and paracetamol, often used for recreational purposes.

    Listen. You give 'em a Percocet, two Vicodin and a couple of beers, and the panties drop. It's very nice.

    1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Charlie Tweeder (Scott Caan)
    1 more example

    They ingest Ambien, Seroquel, LSD, Adderall, Oxycodone, cocaine, Flexeril, Percocet, psilocybin mushrooms and codeine.

    2013 June 4, Dwight Garner, “A Literary Mind, Under the Spell of Drugs and a MacBook”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: Perc, percy, hillbilly heroin

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA brand name for an analgesic combination drug containing oxycodone and paracetamol, often used for recreational purposes.

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Percocet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Percocet

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“Percocet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Percocet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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