Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spliff

/splɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: spliff
IPA: /splɪf/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cannabis cigarette.

British usage; Slang

verb

To smoke a spliff.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /splɪf/

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

spliffs (plural) spiff (alternative) spleef (alternative) splif (alternative) spliffs (present, singular) spliffing (participle, present) spliffed (participle, past) spliffed (past)

Derived Forms

sploof

Synonyms

joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick

Rhymes With

if as if cliff stiff gif working stiff sniff riff whiff diff tiff biff

Questions

How do you pronounce spliff?: The recorded pronunciation is /splɪf/.
What does spliff mean?: A cannabis cigarette.
Where does spliff come from?: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke.

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