definition of the word droog

Russian друг, friend, in which sense it is used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

droog (plural droogs)

1. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.

• droogish

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• IPA: /drox/

From Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

droog (comparative droger, superlative droogst)

1. dry
2. arid

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• droogte

droog

1. The first-person singular present indicative of drogen.
2. The imperative of drogen.

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