whippit

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noun slang Cartridges of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug.

From whipped cream, since "whippits" are typically sold in the United States for use in making whipped cream.

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I thinks, 'tis an evil sperrit, sae I set awa like a hare -- game leg an 'aal -- tearin' towards the park wall like a whippit, followed by the evil sperrit that made no sound wiv his pads, but was growlin 'terrible aal the time.'

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
She went for to kiss it, but the holy man whippit it away in a trice.

The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
She whippit them all soundly, and sent them to bed,

Wee Bit Wifie 1842
(Rex: seeking the perfect whippit; Jamarcus, attempting to untangle sheets, giving up, napping for three months.)

Every Day Should Be Saturday Spencer Hall 2010
I whippit up my horse, and came up to a roughly dressed man, ridin 'slowly along, with his blue bonnet pulled down over his forehead, and his eyes turned toward the groond.”

Recollections of a Long Life Cuyler, Theodore L 1902