shroom

noun

ˈshrüm 

variants or less commonly 'shroom

plural shrooms also 'shrooms

informal

: mushroom

Okay, so the healthiest way to eat your shrooms is probably not on a pizza. But fresh and dried mushrooms can give you a needed boost of vitamin B12, which may lower your risk of Alzheimer's.

—Jessica Wick

especially : a fungus (such as one of the genus Psilocybe) containing hallucinogenic alkaloids (such as psilocybin) : magic mushroom

Parents be warned: My chief takeaway from "Yearbook" was that I really needed to look into finding myself some shrooms and acid …

—Jennifer Reese

To the naysayers, it represents all that is stupefying about 'shroom-induced psychedelic noodling.

—Greg Ko

Examples of shroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So has Quinn, who’s high on a combination of shrooms, ketamine, and her first viewing of Encino Man. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 May 2025

Unlike beer, with its regulated level of alcohol content, the potency of shrooms varies in different strains and even different batches. —Chryss Cada, Outside Online, 10 May 2025

These bite-sized shrooms are just what your next covered dish event is missing. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 May 2025

Dice ‘shroom stems to add to fried rice, beef wellington, and bread stuffing. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

shortening of mushroom entry 1

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shroom

• blume
• boom
• broom
• doom
• flume
• fume
• gloom
• glume
• groom
• loom
• plume
• rheum