spliff
verbEtymology 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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Rare To smoke a spliff.
spliff
nounUK /splɪf/
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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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.1992, Victor Headley, Yardie, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, published 1993, page 167:
2 more examples
- 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.2001, Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, New York: Thomas Dunne, published 2002, page 104:
- “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.2016, Kei Miller, “Chapter 1”, in Augustown, New York: Pantheon, pages 14–15:
- Derived terms
- sploof