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spliff en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /splɪf/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Jamaica, UK, slang) A cannabis cigarette.
   • “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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • smoke a spliff

Forms

Deriveds

sploof

Translations (20)

fi spliffi (a marijuana cigarette) · it canna (a marijuana cigarette) · tr paf küf (a marijuana cigarette) · el μπάφος (a marijuana cigarette) · es porro (a marijuana cigarette) · fi jointti (a marijuana cigarette) · de Joint (a marijuana cigarette) · fr joint (a marijuana cigarette) · es petardo (a marijuana cigarette) · hu marihuánás cigaretta (a marijuana cigarette) · hu spangli (a marijuana cigarette) · tr pafküf (a marijuana cigarette) · fi marihuanasavuke (a marijuana cigarette) · tr cigara (a marijuana cigarette) · fr spliff (a marijuana cigarette) · fi marisätkä (a marijuana cigarette) · fr pétard (a marijuana cigarette) · ru кося́к (a marijuana cigarette) · ca porro (a marijuana cigarette) · fi marihuanasätkä (a marijuana cigarette)

spliff en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /splɪf/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (rare) To smoke a spliff.

Forms