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bifta

/ˈbɪftə/

bifta noun: a cannabis cigarette.

Noun

bifta (plural biftas)

  1. (UK, slang) A cannabis cigarette.
    • He half-stood, keeping his back bent, and extended his left hand and the bifta toward me.2002, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Stories, →ISBN, page 255
    • Such a perfect spot to have lunch, and another bifta. I don't think the rest of the tourists with us were pleased that all the guides were getting high, but it's the end of the season, so no one gives a shit anymore.2014, Tommy Hawkins, Let's Get Dogs#!t, →ISBN
  2. (slang, Liverpool) A cigarette.
    • I go for a bifta. Contrary to the fags-and-black-coffee cliche, I'm about the only smoker in the division.1998, Robert Newman, Manners, page 8
    • Yo, yes light the bifta / I'm gonna rape your little sister2016, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate)
  3. (UK, slang) Everything that is available or possible; the works.
    • 'Well, hand relief is fifteen quid, a blow job's twenty, and the full bifta is forty-five quid.'2009, Martina Cole, The Ladykiller, →ISBN
    • Suits, top hats, the full bifta, then we can swan around the owners' enclosure looking the bollocks.2011, Mark Baxter, Paolo Hewitt, The Mumper, →ISBN

Examples of bifta in a sentence

  • 'Another giant bifta for the tea-break.'2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 94:
  • The full stem to stern bifta, as they said.2015, J. R. Ward, Blood Kiss, →ISBN:

Forms of bifta

pluralbiftas
alternative formbifter

Origin of bifta

Thorne describes the word as playground slang from the 1970s and derives it from spina bifida.

Questions about bifta

What does bifta mean?
Bifta means a cannabis cigarette.
How do you use bifta in a sentence?
'Another giant bifta for the tea-break.'
What part of speech is bifta?
Bifta is a noun.
How do you pronounce bifta?
Bifta is pronounced /ˈbɪftə/.
What is the plural of bifta?
The plural of bifta is biftas.

Words near bifta in the dictionary

  1. bifrustum
  2. bifrustums
  3. BIFs
  4. bifshtek
  5. bifshteks
  6. bifta
  7. biftas
  8. bifteki
  9. biftekis
  10. bifter
  11. bifters

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