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    [Noun]  | "poi*son" | \ ˈpȯi-zᵊn \


    1: a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs an organism

    2: something destructive or harmful

    3: an object of aversion or abhorrence

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French poisun drink, potion, poison, from Latin potion-, potio drink {mat|potion|};

    [Noun]  | "poison dart frog" 


    1: any of several small brightly colored frogs (family Dendrobatidae) of tropical Central and South America that produce poisonous secretions sometimes used by native peoples to poison dart or arrow tips —called also poison arrow frog

    Origin: 1968 ;

    [Noun]  | "poison gas" 


    1: a poisonous gas or a liquid or a solid giving off poisonous vapors designed (as in chemical warfare) to kill, injure, or disable by inhalation or contact

    Origin: 1816 ;

    [Noun]  | "poison hemlock" 


    1: a large European biennial poisonous herb (Conium maculatum) of the carrot family that is naturalized in the U.S. and has finely divided leaves and small white flowers

    Origin: 1757 ;

    [Noun]  | "poison ivy" 


    1: a climbing plant (Toxicodendron radicans synonym Rhus radicans) of the cashew family that is especially common in the eastern and central U.S., that has ternate leaves, greenish flowers, and white berries, and that produces an irritating oil causing a usually intensely itching skin rash

    2: any of several plants closely related to poison ivy

    3: a skin rash caused by poison ivy

    Origin: 1782 ;

    [Noun]  | "poison oak" 


    1: any of several plants related to poison ivy and producing an oil with similar irritating properties: such as

    2: a bushy plant (Toxicodendron diversilobum synonym Rhus diversiloba) of the Pacific coast

    3: a bushy plant (Toxicodendron pubescens synonym Rhus toxicodendron) chiefly of the southeastern U.S.

    Origin: 1739 ;

    [Noun]  | "poison pill" 


    1: a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable

    Origin: 1983 ;

    [Verb]  | "poison" 


    1: to injure or kill with poison

    2: to treat, taint, or impregnate with or as if with poison

    3: to exert a baneful influence on : corrupt

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "poison" 


    1: poisonous, venomous

    2: impregnated with poison : poisoned

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "poi*son-pen" | \ ˈpȯi-zᵊn-ˈpen \


    1: written with malice and spite and usually anonymously

    Origin: 1911 ;

    [Adjective]  | "poison" 


    1: containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing;


      * e.g., " ... the witch gave Snow White a poison apple "




    [Noun]  | "poison" 


    1: a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing;


      * e.g., " ... the only way to get rid of rats is to leave out poison "



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    [Verb]  | "poison" 


    1: to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable;


      * e.g., " ... poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred "




    2: to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable;


      * e.g., " ... exhaust fumes poisoning the air "




    3: to lower in character, dignity, or quality;


      * e.g., " ... this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem "



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     [ "poison" ]

    1: 80's glam rocker band.

      * e.g.,  ... visit your local music store in archives 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: Someone or a substance that causes problems, hurt, injury, illness, or death, especially by chemical means.

      * e.g.,  ... I don't talk to anybody that are considered poison. 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: Awesome 80's hair metal. If you like kiss, GnR, Motley Crue, Ratt, or Judas Priest, you will love these guys. They wrote such clasics as: I want Action, Unskinny Bop, and Every Rose has it's Thorn.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, you have got to listen to poison. 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: 1) Liquid that will fuck with your internal organs, killing you if the dose is large enough

      * e.g.,  ... 1) I've poisoned your dinner 

     [ "poison" ]

    2: 2) Eighties glam rockers, sub-standard to GNR.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) Poison are like trannies 

     [ "poison" ]

    3: 3) Alcoholic beverage

      * e.g.,  ... 3) What's your poison? 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: Something you eat that either will make your life horrible, or kill you.

      * e.g.,  ... Billy: i dont feel t good...*barf* 

     [ "poison" ]

    2: AKA, anything from McDonalds

      * e.g.,  ... Wise Old Man: Hmmm....i sence you have eaten an EggMcMuffin...THAT SH*T IS POISON TO YOU DUMBASS! you will die in 10 seconds... 

     [ "poison" ]

    1:  Someone or something that seems to bring harm or ill effects liquor, especially cheap liquor

      * e.g.,  ... His attitude has always been poison. 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: The last bit of a beverage in a bottle. Often people don't drink it, out of fear it may contain spit or has already lost its carbonic acid.

      * e.g.,  ... A: Dude, I'm so thirsty! 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: a really glamd out band in the80s. They are not metal i repeat NOT METAL!!! one of them is a judge on nashville star! they wre to much makep. what girl(or guy?) would ever sleep with them? I personally could not be with a man that wears more makeup tha me.

      * e.g.,  ... That girl is wearing tooo much makeup. she looks a band member from Poison. 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: Used in photography circles as the equivalent to the verb 'influence'. Usually indicates a strong influence to purchase an expensive accessory or camera

      * e.g.,  ... I've been poisoned by his Leica. 

     [ "poison" ]

    1: a band that is totally gay and is NOT METAL! i repeat NOT metal! they wear to much makeup i think more makeup that Kiss. the only song that is a smidgen good is "talk dirty to me" they talk about scorin with gropies. those girls(or guys?)must have been dumb,deaf,and blind to sleep with them!

      * e.g.,  ... that girl is wearing tooo much makeup, she looks like a band member fronm poison. 

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