quaalude

noun

quaa·​lude ˈkwā-ˌlüd How to pronounce quaalude (audio)
: a tablet or capsule of methaqualone

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The couple were discovered surrounded by what the police described as a commercial amount of cocaine, quaaludes and marijuana. — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2020 But Crowe was set on nailing one particular scene, where Hudson’s character, the groupie Penny Lane, attempts suicide by overdosing on quaaludes. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025 Not long before Bobbie Arnstein's death, Hefner and Playboy were confronted by tragedy when Bunny Adrienne Pollack died of a quaalude overdose in 1973. — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 8 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for quaalude

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Etymology

from Quaalude, a trademark

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quaalude was in 1966

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quaalude

noun
quaa·​lude ˈkwā-ˌlüd How to pronounce quaalude (audio)
: a tablet or capsule of methaqualone
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