different between marijuana vs swisher

English

Alternative forms

• marihuana

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested from 1894 of uncertain origin. Alteration by influence of the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”) is believed to be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????w?.n?/, /?mæ?-/, /-?hw?-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæ???w??.n?/

Noun

marijuana (usually uncountable, plural marijuanas)

1. A drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect, cannabis.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
2. The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

Descendants

• ? Italian: marijuana

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Cannabis slang

Further reading

• marijuana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• marijuana (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “marijuana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?i.?wa.na/, /ma.?i.??a.na/

Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

1. marijuana, cannabis

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ri?wa.na/, /ma.rju?a.na/
• Hyphenation: ma?ri?juà?na

Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)

1. marijuana

Further reading

• cannabis sativa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• marijuana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• marijuana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• “marijuana” in Il dizionario della lingua italiana De Mauro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?ri?ju?a?na

Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

1. marijuana, cannabis

   Synonyms: canábis, (Mozambique) suruma

Romanian

Etymology

Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ri?wa.na], [ma.ri?hwa.na]

Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)

1. marijuana

Declension

See also

• ha?i?

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

swish +? -er

Adjective

swisher

1. comparative form of swish: more swish

Noun

swisher (plural swishers)

1. One who swishes something.
   • 1998, Robert B. Fisher, West African religious traditions: focus on the Akan of Ghana (page 86)

     Identical boy twins […] become the elephant tail swishers at the king's court, while identical girl twins become potential royal wives.

2. (archaic) One who flogs or thrashes.

Etymology 2

From Swisher International Group, a cigar manufacturer.

Noun

swisher (plural swishers)

1. (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) The wrapping paper of a cigar for use in making a blunt to smoke marijuana
   • 2011, Taylor Goetz, 169 Pages Of My Life, page 112

     They were rolling up a grape swisher blunt and we were telling them how we just got out.

   • 1994, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse (volume 1, page 45)

     'Amp' and 'fry' are joints or swishers that have been dipped in embalming fluid laced with PCP and then frozen prior to smoking.

Anagrams

• wishers