Meaning & use
smoke Dutch
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Meanings
verbtransitive or intransitiveslanginformal
To share a marijuana cigarette by blowing the smoke into another person's mouth.
Grammar: Can take an object (smoke Dutch someone) or stand alone (they smoked Dutch).
Patterns
- smoke Dutch with someone
- smoke someone Dutch
In the video, the two friends smoke Dutch and pass the joint back and forth.
He said they used to smoke Dutch behind the school when they were teenagers.
She had never smoked Dutch before and found the experience strange.
verbintransitiveslanginformal
To blow tobacco or marijuana smoke into someone's mouth as part of a smoking game.
Grammar: Often used without an object when the activity is already clear.
Patterns
- smoke Dutch
They were smoking Dutch at the party, which surprised some of the guests.
Smoking Dutch is illegal in many places because of drug laws.
Word forms
| third person singular | smokes Dutch |
|---|---|
| past tense | smoked Dutch |
| past participle | smoked Dutch |
| -ing form | smoking Dutch |
Common combinations
- smoke Dutch with someone
- He smoked Dutch with his roommate at the concert.
- smoke someone Dutch
- She smoked him Dutch and then laughed.
- smoke Dutch behind something
- They smoked Dutch behind the shed.
Synonyms and how they differ
- shotgun
- Shotgun is a similar smoking act but usually involves blowing smoke into someone's mouth from a pipe or joint; smoke Dutch is a slang term with the same idea but a more specific cultural use.
Commonly confused: smoke Dutch or Dutch?
smoke Dutch vs Dutch
Dutch alone means relating to the Netherlands. Smoke Dutch is a slang phrase about smoking and has nothing to do with the country.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'smoke Dutch' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Smoke Dutch refers to sharing marijuana smoke mouth-to-mouth, so the sentence about passing a joint fits. The other options use 'Dutch' to mean something from the Netherlands, which is not the slang meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “smoke Dutch”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.