rehab

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈɹiːhæb//

Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

noun

1
informalRehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
go into rehab
They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no"
2
informalAn institution for rehabilitation.
The assimilationists would have you believe that there is no lesbian or gay underclass, white or of color. That the junkies, crackheads and rummies in the drunk-tanks and welfare rehabs are all straight. Our addicts all have ample checkbooks, the best insurance their professions can buy, and membership in the right upscale cliques.
3
A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.

Etymology

Clipping of rehabilitation.

verb

1
informalTo rehabilitate.

Forms

plural: rehabs
past tense: rehabbed
past participle: rehabbed
present participle: rehabbing
third person singular: rehabs

regularly · With constant frequency or pattern.regulars · A thief's share in the stolen money or goods.regulation · The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

rehab · Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

rehabilitation · The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.rehearsal · The practising of something which is to be performed before…rehearse · To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again;…

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