Bine

//baɪn// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A climbing plant, as hops, which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support (distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers).

    "The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires."

  2. 2
    A cigarette. UK, slang
  3. 3
    European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America wordnet
  4. 4
    Bullets. Multicultural-London-English, slang

    "You hear this We been sitting on bine So I beg you Step outta line We gon’ spray this up like a water slide"

Verb
  1. 1
    To fill with bullets, to shoot. Multicultural-London-English, slang

    "Three waps up and a couple of shanks (Just in case) But I got faith that these tools won't jam Dinger that whip, plates doing mileage Who's that cycling? Jump out bine him Perfect timing, Snap said "Five mins" then he held bineage They want me to rap, I want to close eyelids Juggling both, pretty exciting"

Example

More examples

"The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bind (noun).

Etymology 2

From Wills's Woodbine (cigarettes).

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