• Reefer

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈɹiːfÉ™/
    • Rhymes: -iːfÉ™(r)

    Origin 1

    From reef + -er.

    Full definition of reefer

    Noun

    reefer

    (plural reefers)
    1. (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
      • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Oxford 2002 (Selected Stories), p. 85:Her reefer cap was all on one side and on her cheek there was the print of an anchor button she had pressed on while sleeping.
    2. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.

    Derived terms

    Origin 2

    Shortened form of refrigerator.

    Noun

    reefer

    (plural reefers)
    1. (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer or shipping container.

    Origin 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare regional Spanish grifa ("cannabis") (Mexico), grifo ("someone who smokes cannabis") (Central America).

    Noun

    reefer

    (plural reefers)
    1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    2. (slang, uncountable) marijuana.
      • 1982, Grandmaster Flash, The Message (song):Daddy I don't want to go to school because the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool and all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper if I just got a job learned to be a street sweeper.

    Synonyms

    • (marijuana cigarette) See also
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