shabu

Other forms of shabu

plural

shabus·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shabu

What does shabu mean?

shabu means "an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant".

How many syllables are in shabu?

shabu has 2 syllables and divides as sha-bu under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for shabu?

Close synonyms include methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine. 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.

Is shabu a common word?

shabu is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.