noun
joint
A cigarette containing cannabis.
The report identifies the rolled cannabis cigarette as a joint.
Etymology
Joint acquired its cannabis-cigarette sense in twentieth-century slang, possibly because the cigarette was shared. The older noun came through French from Latin iunctus, meaning joined.
More examples
- The officer found a joint in the discarded packet.
- The film shows a character refusing an offered joint.
- The leaflet explains that joint is an informal term for a cannabis cigarette.
Forms
joint · joints
Similar words
- marijuana cigarette
- The explicit description of this cannabis preparation.