Reefer

Pronunciation

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

From reef + -er.

Full definition of reefer

Noun

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

• reefer jacket

Shortened form of refrigerator.

Noun

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

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

Noun

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