figurative and in figurative context. transitive and intransitive. To inject by means of a hypodermic syringe (used esp. with reference to the taking…

To administer a hypodermic injection (to). Also figurative.

intransitive. intransitive and transitive. To inject (oneself) with narcotics. (Cf. fix, n. 4) slang (originally U.S.).

transitive and intransitive. To inject or inoculate (a person) with a hypodermic needle; to use (a hypodermic needle) to make an injection.

intransitive. To inject a drug, typically a narcotic, subcutaneously, as opposed to intravenously. Cf. mainline, v. 1, skin-popping, n.