Meaning

4 senses

  1. (uncountable)Synonym of black tar heroin.

  2. (uncountable)Oolong tea or any of certain types thereof.

  3. (countable, slang)A hyper-melanistic (all black) Asian water monitor.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, dragon.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Gustavo turned into a black dragon.

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Origin

In sense 2, a calque of Chinese 烏龍 /乌龙 (wūlóng).

In sense 2, a calque of Chinese 烏龍 /乌龙 (wūlóng).

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Forms

plural: black dragons
Singularblack dragon
Pluralblack dragons

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
black tar heroin

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blabbermouthblackA1blackberryblackbird
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