(intransitive) To preemptively raise ad hominem arguments in order to discredit someone. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, the, well.

plural of spindle poison

A poison that disrupts cell division by affecting the protein threads that connect the centromere regions of chromosomes, known as spindles.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poison the well

simple past tense and past participle of poison the well

(slang) A potent variety of cannabis from South Africa.

(computing) A special message queue into which poison messages are diverted, to prevent them from blocking the system.

(computing) A message that causes processing to fail, and thus remains in the message queue and prevents processing of further messages.

plural of poison message

plural of poison queue