stim pill n.

a pill containing a chemical stimulant (stim n.)

Drugs

  • 1950 R. Ashby The Merchant of Venus in Other Worlds Nov. 45/1 page image Richard Ashby bibliography

    I reached into a nearby drawer and took out a handful of stim pills which I began eating like candy. They nerved me to change the distasteful subject.

  • 1957 P. Anderson Cold Victory in Venture Science Fiction May 84/1 page image Poul Anderson bibliography

    They had removed his armor…and given him a stimpill…. The pill had revived Crane, his body felt supple and he sensed every detail of the room with an unnatural clarity. But his heart had a thick beat and his mouth felt cottony.

  • 1968 G. R. Dickson Building on the Line in Galaxy Magazine Nov. iii. 98/1 page image Gordon R. Dickson bibliography

    The stim pill was working through him now, sending new energy throughout his body.

  • 1974 P. Anderson A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows in Worlds of If Sept.–Oct. iv. 35/2 page image Poul Anderson bibliography

    Do you want a stim pill—or whatever, to make you operational?

  • 1994 R. Garcia y Robertson Werewolves of Luna in Asimov’s Science Fiction mid-Dec. 132 page image R. Garcia y Robertson bibliography

    He gobbled several white stim pills, washing them down with tepid water from his helmet tube—long term addiction was not an immediate worry. Drugs snaked through his veins, snapping the moonscape into sharp, crisp focus.

  • 2010 V. Heppner Bio-Weapon xv. 88 page image Vaughn Heppner bibliography

    His body ached and he craved sleep. Shock trooper training was brutally intense. He slipped a stim-pill and waited. Chemical strength soon flooded him.

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