spliff

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/splɪf/(UK)

Definition of spliff

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Jamaica, UK, slang)A cannabis cigarette.
    “smoke a spliff”
    “Pablo switched off the wipers and struck a match to light the spliff he had just finished building.”
    “Danny takes another toke on the spliff and then passes it over to Griff, who accepts it and draws deep on it and then points with the lit end across the room at Gwenno like some strange weatherman indicating a pocket of high pressure.”
    ““Well, well, well,” Ma Taffy says, sitting back and returning the spliff to her mouth. She exhales a cloud of ganja that envelops herself and the boy.”
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noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Jamaica, UK, slang)A cannabis cigarette.
    “smoke a spliff”
    “Pablo switched off the wipers and struck a match to light the spliff he had just finished building.”
    “Danny takes another toke on the spliff and then passes it over to Griff, who accepts it and draws deep on it and then points with the lit end across the room at Gwenno like some strange weatherman indicating a pocket of high pressure.”
    ““Well, well, well,” Ma Taffy says, sitting back and returning the spliff to her mouth. She exhales a cloud of ganja that envelops herself and the boy.”

verb

  1. (rare)To smoke a spliff.

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Etymology

From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke.

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