Meanings
plural biftas · alternative bifter
- UKslangA cannabis cigarette.
He half-stood, keeping his back bent, and extended his left hand and the bifta toward me.
2002, Peter Craven, The Best Australian Stories, →ISBN, page 2552 more examples
Such a perfect spot to have lunch, and another bifta. I don't think the rest of the tourists with us were pleased that all the guides were getting high, but it's the end of the season, so no one gives a shit anymore.
2014, Tommy Hawkins, Let's Get Dogs#!t, →ISBN'Roll another fat one, Rashid,' Dooley said, looking over. 'Another giant bifta for the tea-break.'
2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 94 - slangLiverpoolA cigarette.
Yo, yes light the bifta / I'm gonna rape your little sister
2016, “Road Rage (Freestyle)”, performed by Little T (Josh Tate)1 more example
I go for a bifta. Contrary to the fags-and-black-coffee cliche, I'm about the only smoker in the division.
1998, Robert Newman, Manners, page 8 - UKslangEverything that is available or possible; the works.
The full stem to stern bifta, as they said.
2015, J. R. Ward, Blood Kiss, →ISBN2 more examples
'Well, hand relief is fifteen quid, a blow job's twenty, and the full bifta is forty-five quid.'
2009, Martina Cole, The Ladykiller, →ISBNSuits, top hats, the full bifta, then we can swan around the owners' enclosure looking the bollocks.
2011, Mark Baxter, Paolo Hewitt, The Mumper, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Thorne describes the word as playground slang from the 1970s and derives it from spina bifida.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
bifta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifta
“bifta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bifta. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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