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spliff

UK/splɪf/

spliff noun: a cannabis cigarette.

Noun

spliff (plural spliffs)

  1. (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

Verb

spliff (third-person singular simple present spliffs, present participle spliffing, simple past and past participle spliffed)

  1. (rare) To smoke a spliff.

Forms of spliff

Noun
pluralspliffs
alternative formspiff
alternative formspleef
alternative formsplif
Verb
third-person singular presentspliffs
present participlespliffing
past participlespliffed
pastspliffed

Origin of spliff

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

Words formed from spliff

Words that rhyme with spliff

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Questions about spliff

What does spliff mean?
Spliff means a cannabis cigarette.
What part of speech is spliff?
Spliff can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce spliff?
Spliff is pronounced /splɪf/ (UK).
What is the plural of spliff?
The plural of spliff is spliffs.

Words near spliff in the dictionary

  1. splicing the mainbrace
  2. splicings
  3. splicosome
  4. splicosomes
  5. splif
  6. spliff
  7. spliffed
  8. spliffing
  9. spliffs
  10. spliffy
  11. splifs

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