noun
spliff
splihf
Spliff (noun) means a hand-rolled cannabis cigarette, often mixed with tobacco. Example: “He rolled a spliff on the porch.”
noun
1
A hand-rolled cannabis cigarette, often mixed with tobacco.
"Pablo switched off the wipers and struck a match to light the spliff he had just finished building."
— Victor Headley, Yardie (1992)
"He rolled a spliff on the porch."
"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."
— Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger (2001)
How to use spliff
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA rolled cannabis cigarette, sometimes mixed with tobacco.
When to use it
Informal/slang.
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Word forms
- Plural
- spliffs
- Third person singular
- spliffs
- Past tense
- spliffed
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Etymology
From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split and whiff.
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Rhymes for spliff
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What does “spliff” mean?
The word “spliff” means a hand-rolled cannabis cigarette, often mixed with tobacco. In plain terms, a rolled cannabis cigarette, sometimes mixed with tobacco.
How do you pronounce “spliff”?
“Spliff” is pronounced splihf (/splɪf/ in IPA).
How do you use “spliff” in a sentence?
Here is “spliff” used in a sentence: “He rolled a spliff on the porch.”
What part of speech is “spliff”?
“Spliff” is a noun.
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