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doob en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /duːb/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Doob grass.
   • Doob is a shallow rooted plant and obtains its food from the surface layer of soil; most of the other grasses, with which it has to compete, such as motha (Cyperus rotundus), dabhi (Imperata arundinacea) and rari (Saccharum spontaneum) are comparatively deep-rooted; […] 1911, C.M. Hutchinson, “Turf”, in Agricultural Journal Of India, Pusa: Agricultural Research Institute, page 368:

Synonyms

Bermuda grass

doob en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /duːb/

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps related to doob grass.

Meanings

1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
   • I don't smoke doobs and I don't really hang out. 1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Bee-Bee (Dina Spybey-Waters):

Forms

Deriveds

doobage

Synonyms

torpedo · joint · toke tube · bifter · jazz cigarette · hogger · number · bogie · muggle · hooter · zoot · doob · spiff · bifta · doobie · bone · score · doink · jimmy · fatty · bomber · J · exotic cheroot · giggle stick · spliff · blunt · joint · Camberwell carrot · doinker · spliff · doober · juju · reefer · doobie · zol · roach · left-handed cigarette · phattie · reefer · bun · jay