drug-riddled

NewHope · #1 (**permalink**) 29-Sep-2004, 03:42

Context;
Before West meadow Beach, we had been a fairly happy, drug-riddled bunch of sniping American kids.

(1) drug-riddled = ?
(2) sniping =?

#2 (**permalink**) 29-Sep-2004, 06:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by NewHope

Context;
Before West meadow Beach, we had been a fairly happy, drug-riddled bunch of sniping American kids.

(1) drug-riddled = ?
(2) sniping =?

(1) drug-riddled = ? =someone whose body is saturated with drugs, full of drugs
(2) sniping =?[/quote]= mouthy, attacking verbally, lashing out.

NewHope · #3 (**permalink**) 29-Sep-2004, 16:23

Thanks Natalie27!

Francois · #4 (**permalink**) 29-Sep-2004, 17:45

Is drug-riddled common? I thought "riddled" worked better with countable nouns

FRC

#5 (**permalink**) 29-Sep-2004, 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francois

Is drug-riddled common? I thought "riddled" worked better with countable nouns

FRC

I think both will work. You can say : a disease riddled body or a bullet riddled body. One is uncountable and the other isn't.

Francois · #6 (**permalink**) 29-Sep-2004, 18:33

OK, thanks.

FRC


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