definition of the word drogue

Origin unknown.

• IPA: , /dɹəʊg/

  Rhymes: -əʊɡ

drogue (plural drogues)

1. Something attached to a body to create friction and slow it down, especially something towed behind a whale, boat, or aircraft
   • 1993: through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road, the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging, escaping into the very centre of the earth. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

Dutch droog.

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• IPA: /dʁɔɡ/

drogue f. (plural drogues)

1. drug

drogue (infinitive: drogar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of drogar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of drogar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of drogar.

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