Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

green out en · NOUN

Etymology

From the association of marijuana with the color green.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of greenout.
    alt of greenout
    • Alcohol's role as a diuretic increases the risk for dehydration. Throw in some pot and your risk of dehydration increases, especially if you vomit during a green out. 2022 October 7, Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, “Mixing Weed And Alcohol? Crossfading Does This To Your Body”, in Discover Magazine:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
green outs Number=Plur lexicographic

green out en · VERB

Etymology

From the association of marijuana with the color green.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To feel unwell or get sick as a result of using an excessive amount of cannabis.
    • Either way, by the middle of our conversation, she knew about how I woke up crying the night before because I dreamed of a mischief of rats living under my bed, that I'm in my "I-love-men era," how I’m grateful that I greened out on edibles and dissociated for two weeks because I think that it was the catalyst for my ego death […] 2022 April 29, “Girls and their boobs — in that order”, in Yale Daily News, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
    • "I knew maybe four people who had 'greened out' in the cafeteria," said a recent graduate. 2013 September 30, Bridget Forbes, “Cocaine, pot used by Winnipeg kids at younger ages”, in CBC:
    • Grinspoon finishes with some sage advice on the best way to avoid greening out: "Keep the doses low and know yourself. If it happens to you, try to do a postmortem on what happened, like: 'Was there alcohol involved? Was there nicotine involved?' Was I overtired? Did I take five puffs when I usually take two puffs?'" 2022 April 20, Ross Buchanan, “Why You Sometimes Feel Sick or Vomit After Smoking Weed”, in Vice:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
greening out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
greened out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
greened out Tense=Past lexicographic
greens out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

greenout · greened-out