bhang
nounCA, US /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/ · /ˈbæŋ/
Etymology Transliteration of Hindustani بھانگ / भाँग (bhāṅg).
1
A preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, traditionally consumed in food or drink, especially during Hindu festivals such as Holi.
2
India, Kenya, Uganda Cannabis or its preparations generally.
Elsewhere slang
- Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 36
- Stramonium seed, mixed with wine, produces, according to a seventeenth century erotologist, libidinous activity. The effects, the write asserts, are similar to those produced by bhang.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229:
2 more examples
- He rolled out from under Zelikman, who looked surprised as if by the turn his bhang dream had taken.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, page 101:
- Government-approved bhang shops thrive next to sweet shops flaunting rows of local desserts inside brightly lit, glass-panelled counters.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 13:
- Derived terms
- bhang lassi, bhangmeter