"spliff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /splɪf/ [UK] Audio: En-au-spliff.ogg Forms: spliffs [plural], spiff [alternative], spleef [alternative], splif [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|jam|-}} Jamaican Creole Head templates: {{en-noun}} spliff (plural spliffs)
  1. (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Jamaica) A cannabis cigarette. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, Jamaica, UK, slang Derived forms: sploof Translations (a marijuana cigarette): porro (Catalan), marihuanasavuke (Finnish), marihuanasätkä (Finnish), jointti [colloquial] (Finnish), marisätkä (Finnish), spliffi (Finnish), spliff [masculine] (French), joint [masculine] (French), pétard [masculine] (French), Joint [masculine] (German), μπάφος (báfos) [masculine] (Greek), spangli (Hungarian), marihuánás cigaretta (Hungarian), canna [feminine] (Italian), кося́к (kosják) [masculine] (Russian), porro (Spanish), petardo [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), pafküf (Turkish), paf küf (Turkish), cigara (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-spliff-en-noun-vUB50vsg Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, Jamaican English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Marijuana Disambiguation of English blends: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Marijuana: 100 0

Verb

IPA: /splɪf/ [UK] Audio: En-au-spliff.ogg Forms: spliffs [present, singular, third-person], spliffing [participle, present], spliffed [participle, past], spliffed [past], spiff [alternative], spleef [alternative], splif [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|jam|-}} Jamaican Creole Head templates: {{en-verb}} spliff (third-person singular simple present spliffs, present participle spliffing, simple past and past participle spliffed)
  1. (rare) To smoke a spliff. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-spliff-en-verb-1QAR6ThI

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canna"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kosják",
      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кося́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
      "word": "porro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
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      "word": "petardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
      "word": "pafküf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
      "word": "paf küf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a marijuana cigarette",
      "word": "cigara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spliff"
}

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      "form": "spliffing",
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      "form": "spiff",
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      "glosses": [
        "To smoke a spliff."
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        "(rare) To smoke a spliff."
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-au-spliff.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spliff"
}

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