Skyf
noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cigarette. South-Africa, slang
"Laduma rolls himself a skyf. It's cheap Swazi and rakes the lungs, but it's skyf nonetheless."
Verb
- 1 To smoke cigarettes. South-Africa, slang
"Along with pop culture came drug culture, and suddenly everyone was smoking zol. Skyfing. They skyfed at the beach, in the park, down the alley, outside parties and in speeding cars."
Synonyms
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More examples"Laduma rolls himself a skyf. It's cheap Swazi and rakes the lungs, but it's skyf nonetheless."
Etymology
From Afrikaans skyf (“a slice; disk”), from Dutch schijf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ. Doublet of shive and skive.
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