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
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
Jennifer Reese To the naysayers, it represents all that is stupefying about 'shroom-induced psychedelic noodling. —Greg Ko
Greg Ko Examples of shroom in a Sentence
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Topping our selection of the best magic shroom chocolates is the Mushroom Chocolate by TREhouse.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Khalifa threw out the first pitch at Monday night's Pirates game against the Cleveland Guardians while high on shrooms.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 July 2023
The ‘shrooms are also used as decor at NoBar inside the hotel, or on the calendar in the form of an occasional mushroom farming workshop.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Even touches that border on cutesy, like a second shroom experiment that fails to bring back Older Elliott but instead plonks Chad into her childhood Justin Bieber obsession, are actually pretty hilarious.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
There are three types of melts available for fans: the classic melt, bacon melt and the new shroom n’ swiss melt.
—Staff Author, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
He’s previously rocked a pearl choker with red mushroom pendants from Frasier Sterling, as well as a chain with alternating colorful gummy bears and shrooms.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
Sure, Wyatt is going through a hard time, took a bunch of ‘shrooms and crashed the car.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
Both young and middle-aged adult groups used hallucinogens such as LSD, MDMA, mescaline, peyote, shrooms or psilocybin, and PCP at a significantly higher rate compared to ten years ago.
—USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Khalifa threw out the first pitch at Monday night's Pirates game against the Cleveland Guardians while high on shrooms.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 18 July 2023
The ‘shrooms are also used as decor at NoBar inside the hotel, or on the calendar in the form of an occasional mushroom farming workshop.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Even touches that border on cutesy, like a second shroom experiment that fails to bring back Older Elliott but instead plonks Chad into her childhood Justin Bieber obsession, are actually pretty hilarious.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
There are three types of melts available for fans: the classic melt, bacon melt and the new shroom n’ swiss melt.
—Staff Author, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
He’s previously rocked a pearl choker with red mushroom pendants from Frasier Sterling, as well as a chain with alternating colorful gummy bears and shrooms.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
Sure, Wyatt is going through a hard time, took a bunch of ‘shrooms and crashed the car.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
Both young and middle-aged adult groups used hallucinogens such as LSD, MDMA, mescaline, peyote, shrooms or psilocybin, and PCP at a significantly higher rate compared to ten years ago.
—USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
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“Shroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shroom. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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