weed [= cigar, cagarette?]

[Dagobertoto]

I read in another thread that weed is common slang for marijuana cigarette in AE. But I also see another similar definition in the Dictionary.com,
3. Informal . a cigarette or cigar. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/weed


I'd like to know if this sense (definition 3) is also used in AE?

 

[sandpiperlily]

"Weed" means marijuana. A "joint" is a marijuana cigarette.

 

[looking-at-the-stars]

Anyone trying to get a cigar by asking for weed is going to have a big surprise coming to them. It almost exclusively refers to marijuana (unless you mean a literal weed in your garden).

 

[earthmerlin]

"Weed" is one of many general words for marijuana in bulk. "Joint" is weed that's been formed into a cigarette. Synonyms for joints range from "a doob" (or "a doobie") to "a fatty" (a thick/big joint). Does the word "splif" help? It's a cigarette containing both weed & tobacco.

 

[pops91710]

That usage of weed died out several decades ago. Weed nowadays is strictly marijuana.

 

[Parla]

"Weed" is one of many general words for marijuana in bulk. "Joint" is weed that's been formed into a cigarette. Synonyms for joints range from "a doob" (or "a doobie") to "a fatty" (a thick/big joint). Does the word "splif" help? It's a cigarette containing both weed & tobacco.

Right. And a cigar containing weed is a blunt.

I've never heard the word "weed" applied to an ordinary cigar or cigarette.

 

[Uncle Bob]

Hello,
A minor point, and that not in AE, but I think the dictionary definition refers to "a weed" and not "weed". In BE "a weed" did mean a cigarette but still now, I think, would not refer to marihuana, as "weed" would (as pointed out for by earthmerlin).