schuiver

Definitions of schuiver
  1. noun
    someone addicted to opium
    synonyms: opiumschuiver
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    type of:
    drugaddict, drugsverslaafde, drugverslaafde, junk, junkie
    a narcotics addict
  2. noun
    a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
    synonyms: ketsstoot, misstoot
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    type of:
    abuis, afdwaling, feil, fout, lapsus, onjuistheid, vergissing
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  3. noun
    a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
    synonyms: ketsstoot, misser, misstoot
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    type of:
    slag
    (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
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