chase the dragon

Used by Steely Dan in the song "Time out of mind"

"Tonight when I chase the dragon the water may change to cherry wine. And the silver will turn to gold, time out of mind."

by Shavonda February 12, 2005

Chasing the Dragon

Doing everything you can to obtain that same "high" you got from the first time you tried a drug, but never quite getting there due to the body developing a natural tolerance. Originally in reference to opium addiction, this term now refers to any drug.

"That first pot cookie got me so high, but now every time I eat marijuana I'm chasing the dragon."

by jpc1 February 26, 2010

Chasing the dragon

Smoking heroin off of a piece of tin foil. As the heroin rolls across the tin foil, the smoke moves with it and looks like a dragon. The user follows the smoke with their straw, hence "Chasing the dragon".

He's run out of needles, so he's chasing the dragon instead.

by Ye Old Prawn September 30, 2008

Chasing the Dragon

Old school, smoking Opium with a straw or straw like object. Burn Opium then suck up the smoke as it rises and shimmies (Ie: like a Dragons Tail ). Defintion #2 is the retarded "girls gone wild " version.

Some Chinese railroad workers where often "Chasing the Dragon" while not at work

by T-Bone418 October 10, 2005

chase the dragon

Chasing the dragon is smoking heroin off the silver foil usually found in gum wrappers.

by cn1999 September 23, 2003

Chasing the Dragon

That game that Stan from South Park played in that episode "Guitar Queer-O."

Highly addicting.

Chasing the Dragon!! You chase the dragon while injecting yourself... but you never actually catch the dragon.

by S.P.Luuuuuvah June 23, 2008

Chasing the Dragon

Originally used to describe the practice of smoking heroine or opium, the term now includes other forms of inhalation of controlled and uncontrolled substances such as marajuana a/k/a mary jane or weed, crack or coke

Shane and I were chasing the dragon all night.

by Ike&Tina December 31, 2009