skyf

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noun

A cigarette.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounskyf (plural skyfs)

plural skyfs

  1. South AfricaslangA cigarette.

    Laduma rolls himself a skyf. It's cheap Swazi and rakes the lungs, but it's skyf nonetheless.

    2004, A. K. Thembeka, Laduma, page 11
    1 more example

    Vendors walk up and down the line of cars selling warm cold-drinks and chips, single skyfs or packs of Remington Gold.

    2010, Lauren Beukes, Zoo City, page 307
verbskyf (third-person singular simple present skyfs, present participle skyfing, simple past and past participle skyfed)

present singular third person skyfs · participle present skyfing · participle past skyfed · past skyfed

  1. South AfricaslangTo smoke cigarettes.

    Along with pop culture came drug culture, and suddenly everyone was smoking zol. Skyfing. They skyfed at the beach, in the park, down the alley, outside parties and in speeding cars.

    2011, Erich Rautenbach, The Unexploded Boer

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skībǭ
  2. Dutchschijf
  3. Afrikaansskyf“a slice; disk”
  4. Englishskyf

From Afrikaans skyf (“a slice; disk”), from Dutch schijf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ. Doublet of shive and skive.

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APA

skyf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyf

MLA

“skyf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyf. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skyf,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skyf.

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