skyf, noun
/skeɪf/
- Forms:
- Also skayf, skuif.
- Plurals:
- usually skyfs, occasionally skuiwe, skywe /ˈskeɪvə/.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Adaptation of Afrikaans skuif a pull on a pipe, a puff of smoke, from Dutch schuiven to smoke.
slang
a. zol noun sense 1 a. b. zol noun sense 3. Also dimunitive form skyfie [see -ie].
1946 C.P. Wittstock in E. Partridge Dict. of Underworld (1950) 399Dagga..: laughing skuif, boom, etc.
1990 C. Leonard in Weekly Mail 2 Nov. 29One of them, a big ‘oke’ with a moustache, cap, bright orange string vest and lime green bermudas, drags deeply on a dagga cigarette...His friend, giggling, takes the ‘skyf’ and follows his example.
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