mainline

4 definitions • 7 examples

involving beliefs, methods, etc. that are most common:

mainline churches

the rivalry between catalogue companies and mainline shops

relating to an important railway route between large towns or cities:

Three mainline railway stations were closed because of bomb threats.

to inject (= put into the body through a needle) drugs directly into the blood:

Several of her friends were mainlining heroin.

By now she was mainlining.

to eat, drink, buy, etc. large quantities of something as though you cannot get enough of it:

Mainlining mulled wine and eating vast quantities of cheese, bread and chocolate is all part of the pleasure of skiing.

Japan is a country that mainlines novelty.