Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A preparation from the leaves and seed capsules of the cannabis plant, smoked, chewed, eaten, or infused and drunk to obtain mild euphoria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dried leaves of the hemp-plant, Cannabis Indica, which as grown in India contain a powerfully narcotic resin and a volatile oil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (
Cannabis Indica ), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. Seehasheesh .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Cannabis , especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Interestingly, the only item for which VAT has been reduced is 'bhang' - a popular intoxicant in semiurban and rural areas.
India eNews 2008
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The festival is a hit with many people because of bhang, which is offered as prasad.
Analysis 2010
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The festival is a hit with many people because of bhang, which is offered as prasad.
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Some Tantric sex practitioners drink a substance called bhang, a sort of spiced marijuana milkshake to enhance the sexual experience.
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Fusion was the theme as the music, food and drinks from the East fused with the West to form a unique celebration as the expats and foreign visitors smeared one another with coloured powder, sprinkled coloured water, gorged on sweetmeats, 'bhang' and beer in up-scale areas that have a sizeable expatriate population.
India eNews 2009
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People should avoid mixing bhang, which is a hallucinogen with alcohol that intoxicates, "Verma added.
The Times of India 2009
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a kind of "bhang" made from the plant called pappahmint; others had their faces streaked with djam.
Condensed Novels: New Burlesques Bret Harte 1869
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'bhang' (hemp) here, a police officer said Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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'bhang' (hemp) here, a police officer said Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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'bhang' (hemp) here, a police officer said Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
bilby commented on the word bhang
"According to Adam he smokes bhang. You'll know it better as marijuana. That's an offence in Kenya, of course, but it could be useful. If you want him held at any time the police could be tipped off. I could make sure that bhang would be found in his possession."
- 'Windfall', Desmond Bagley.
January 6, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bhang
"...in his period of inhaling large quantities of the nitrous oxide and of the vapour of hemp, to say nothing of tobacco, bhang in all its charming varieties in India, betel in Java and the neighboring islands, qat in the Red Sea, and hallucinating cacti in South America... and now he was busily poisoning himself with coca-leaves, whose virtue he had learnt in Peru."
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 188
March 17, 2008
madmouth commented on the word bhang
one of the liquids Shah Rukh Khan likes to have poured on him in a picturisation.
May 19, 2009