angel dust

1. 1.

   a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen

   Synonymsphencyclidinephencyclidine hydrochloridePCP

   Broaderhallucinogen

Questions about angel dust

What does angel dust mean?

angel dust means "a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen".

What is another word for angel dust?

Close synonyms include phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride, PCP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.