noun
- A tablet or capsule of dextroamphetamine, a stimulant drug; an amphetamine pill.
Usage: informal; slang; chiefly Australian and British English
Examples
- He took a dexie to stay awake during the long drive.
- Dexies were commonly used by students cramming for exams in the 1960s.
- The athlete was banned for using dexies to enhance performance.
- She found an old bottle of dexies in her grandmother's medicine cabinet.