different between spliff vs doob

English

Alternative forms

• spiff
• spleef
• splif

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /spl?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

spliff (plural spliffs)

1. (slang, Jamaican, Britain) A cannabis cigarette.
   • 1992, Victor Headley, Yardie, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993, p. 167,^[2]

     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, 2002, p. 104,^[3]

     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, Augustown, New York: Pantheon, Chapter 1, pp. 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

Translations

References

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spl?f/
• Hyphenation: spliff

Noun

spliff (plural: spliff dem, quantified: spliff)

1. A conical marijuana cigarette; a joint; a spliff

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 524

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?b/
• Rhymes: -u?b

Etymology 1

Noun

doob (uncountable)

1. doob grass

   Synonym: Bermuda grass

Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps related to doob grass.

Noun

doob (plural doobs)

1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.

   Synonyms: doobie, joint, reefer, spliff, score; see also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

Derived terms

• doobage

Anagrams

• Bodo

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *zoob- ~ *doob-

Noun

doob ?

1. bachelor

References

• “doob” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.