Reefer
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈɹiËfÉ™/
- Rhymes: -iËfÉ™(r)
Origin 1
Full definition of reefer
Noun
reefer
(plural reefers)- (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.
- 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)- (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)- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (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