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語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /splɪf/
• 韻: -ɪf

名詞

spliff (plural spliffs)

1. (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Jamaica) A cannabis cigarette.

   smoke a spliff

   • 1992, Victor Headley, Yardie‎, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, published 1993, page 167:

     Pablo switched off the wipers and struck a match to light the spliff he had just finished building.

   • 2001, Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger‎, New York: Thomas Dunne, published 2002, page 104:

     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.

   • 2016, Kei Miller, “Chapter 1”, in Augustown, New York: Pantheon, pages 14–15:

     “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.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

派生語

• sploof

動詞

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

1. (rare) To smoke a spliff.

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