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skin-pop

(skĭn′pŏp′)
tr.v. skin-popped, skin-pop·ping, skin-pops Slang
To inject (a drug) beneath the skin rather than into a vein.

skin′-pop′ping n.
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skin-pop

n
(Recreational Drugs) the subcutaneous or intramuscular injection of a narcotic
vb, -pops, -popping or -popped
(Recreational Drugs) (intr) to take drugs in such a way
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skin′-pop`



v. -popped, -pop•ping. v.t.
1. to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
v.i.
2. to inject a drug under the skin.
[1950–55, Amer.]
skin′-pop`per, n.
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skin-pop


Past participle: skin-popped
Gerund: skin-popping

Imperative
skin-pop
skin-pop
Present
I skin-pop
you skin-pop
he/she/it skin-pops
we skin-pop
you skin-pop
they skin-pop
Preterite
I skin-popped
you skin-popped
he/she/it skin-popped
we skin-popped
you skin-popped
they skin-popped
Present Continuous
I am skin-popping
you are skin-popping
he/she/it is skin-popping
we are skin-popping
you are skin-popping
they are skin-popping
Present Perfect
I have skin-popped
you have skin-popped
he/she/it has skin-popped
we have skin-popped
you have skin-popped
they have skin-popped
Past Continuous
I was skin-popping
you were skin-popping
he/she/it was skin-popping
we were skin-popping
you were skin-popping
they were skin-popping
Past Perfect
I had skin-popped
you had skin-popped
he/she/it had skin-popped
we had skin-popped
you had skin-popped
they had skin-popped
Future
I will skin-pop
you will skin-pop
he/she/it will skin-pop
we will skin-pop
you will skin-pop
they will skin-pop
Future Perfect
I will have skin-popped
you will have skin-popped
he/she/it will have skin-popped
we will have skin-popped
you will have skin-popped
they will have skin-popped
Future Continuous
I will be skin-popping
you will be skin-popping
he/she/it will be skin-popping
we will be skin-popping
you will be skin-popping
they will be skin-popping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been skin-popping
you have been skin-popping
he/she/it has been skin-popping
we have been skin-popping
you have been skin-popping
they have been skin-popping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been skin-popping
you will have been skin-popping
he/she/it will have been skin-popping
we will have been skin-popping
you will have been skin-popping
they will have been skin-popping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been skin-popping
you had been skin-popping
he/she/it had been skin-popping
we had been skin-popping
you had been skin-popping
they had been skin-popping
Conditional
I would skin-pop
you would skin-pop
he/she/it would skin-pop
we would skin-pop
you would skin-pop
they would skin-pop
Past Conditional
I would have skin-popped
you would have skin-popped
he/she/it would have skin-popped
we would have skin-popped
you would have skin-popped
they would have skin-popped
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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This is a case of a 34-year-old female with history of heroin abuse by "skin-popping," pseudosyncope, and current incarceration who presented to an Emergency Department for progressive dyspnea.
"Skin-popping" or depositing the drug subcutaneously was our patient's route of choice as well for deliverance of heroin.
"Muscle-popping, skin-popping and injecting when a vein has been missed are particularly dangerous.
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