hashish

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/həˈʃiːʃ/
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/həˈʃiːʃ/ · /hæˈʃiːʃ/ · /ˈhæʃɪʃ/

Definition of hashish

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
    “Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.”
    “You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
    “Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.”
    “You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?”
  2. (uncountable, usually)A cannabis extract.
  3. (slang, uncountable, usually)Marijuana generally.

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Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).

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