choof

English

Etymology

Possibly related to chuff (“to make noisy puffing sounds”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

choof (uncountable)

1. (Australia, slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, page 68:

     Her biggest fear was eating away at her: was she going to be busted for smoking dope? Cindy enjoyed smoking choof occasionally.

Verb

choof (third-person singular simple present choofs, present participle choofing, simple past and past participle choofed)

1. (Australia, slang) To smoke marijuana.
   • 2009, Colin McLaren, Infiltration: The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia, page 29:

     Norman and I looked dishevelled, which meant we were usually offered a pre-rolled joint of locally grown product or a tiny piece of hash, and off we went, choofing away, like two New World lords […]

Derived terms

• choofer

Further reading

• “choof n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present