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Reeker vs Reefer - What's the difference?

reeker | reefer |

As nouns the difference between reeker and reefer

is that reeker is something that emits a very bad smell; that which reeks while reefer is (nautical) someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman or reefer can be a refrigerated, insulated trailer or shipping container or reefer can be (slang) a marijuana cigarette.

reeker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that emits a very bad smell; that which reeks.

    • reefer

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
  • *1922 , (Katherine Mansfield), ‘Prelude’, Oxford 2002 (Selected Stories ), p. 85:
  • *:Her reefer cap was all on one side and on her cheek there was the print of an anchor button she had pressed on while sleeping.
  • A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
    • Derived terms
    * reefer jacket

    Etymology 2

    Shortened form of (refrigerator).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A refrigerated, insulated trailer or shipping container.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare regional (etyl) (Central America).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
  • (slang, uncountable) marijuana.
  • *1982 , (Grandmaster Flash), :
  • *:Daddy I don't want to go to school because the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool and all the kids smoke reefer , I think it'd be cheaper if I just got a job learned to be a street sweeper.
    • Synonyms
    * (marijuana cigarette) See also