shroom

noun

ˈshrüm

variants or less commonly 'shroom

plural shrooms also 'shrooms

informal

: mushroom

Okay, so the healthiest way to eat your shrooms is probably not on a pizza. But fresh and dried mushrooms can give you a needed boost of vitamin B12, which may lower your risk of Alzheimer's.—

Jessica Wick

especially : a fungus (such as one of the genus Psilocybe) containing hallucinogenic alkaloids (such as psilocybin) : magic mushroom

Parents be warned: My chief takeaway from "Yearbook" was that I really needed to look into finding myself some shrooms and acid … —

Jennifer Reese

To the naysayers, it represents all that is stupefying about 'shroom-induced psychedelic noodling. —

Greg Ko

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Both Plaza and Stella play Elliott at different ages but are able to meet when young Elliott (Stella) is on a shroom trip. —

Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 Who knows, but if a European vacation is not your style, there’s always shroom trips and cranberry farming in My Old Ass, a new dramedy from filmmaker Megan Park. —

Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2024 For elder Millennials and Generation X, a youthful infatuation with shrooms was practically a rite of passage. —

Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024 That’s the predicament facing Elliott (Maisy Stella) who, while tripping on ‘shrooms on a camping trip with friends to celebrate her birthday, gets visited by her cynical older self (Aubrey Plaza, in a role well-suited for her). —

Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shroom