A joint that is part tobacco and part cannabis, it uses tobacco paper distinguished by its thick texture and dark brown color. Smoking a spliff results in a mild high as one is consuming less bud that has been combined with nicotine. The term is also used to refer to a nicely rolled cannabis joint.
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A joint is a rolled cannabis cigarette. Unlike commercial tobacco cigarettes, the user ordinarily hand-rolls joints with rolling papers, though in some cases they are machine-rolled. Rolling papers are the most common rolling medium in industrialized countries; however, brown paper, cigarettes or beedies with the tobacco removed, receipts and paper napkin can also be used, particularly in developing countries. Modern papers are manufactured in a range of sizes from a wide variety of materials including rice, hemp, and flax, and are also available in liquorice and other flavored varieties.
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Joint size can vary, typically containing between 0.25 and 1 g (1⁄112 and 1⁄28 oz) net weight of cannabis. Tobacco is sometimes used in the rolling process.
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): /splɪf/
- Rhymes: -ɪf
Noun
spliff (plural spliffs)
- (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, Jamaica) A cannabis cigarette.
Synonyms
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