to lit up a durry

9.9

To light and smoke a cigarette

phrasal verb

Australian

: encender un cigarrillo

They always lit up a durry together after work to unwind.

Examples

She lit up a durry outside the café, trying to relax.
After the long meeting, Sarah lit up a durry outside.
After the meeting, he lit up a durry and leaned against the wall.
He lit up a durry after dinner.
After the long meeting, he lit up a durry to relax and enjoy the fresh air.
Feeling stressed, she lit up a durry on the balcony to unwind.
They often lit up a durry after a tough day at work, chatting about their week.

Synonyms

to light up

vsto lit up a durry

Informal

33 4.6

Start smoking a cigarette or pipe

is informal Australian and used specifically for cigarettes

to fire up

vsto lit up a durry

Informal

6 5.5

Light a cigarette, cigar, or pipe to smoke

is mainly informal Australian and refers to lighting a cigarette

to toke

vsto lit up a durry

NSFW

3 9.5

To breathe in smoke from a marijuana cigarette

focuses on lighting and starting smoking rather than just inhaling

How Much

to chain-smoke

8 5.6

to lit up a durry

Australian

9.9

puff

22 2.7

Surface Forms

lit up a durry infinitive

lit up a durry past

lit up a durry past participle

lighting up a durry present participle

lit up a durries third person singular

Morphology

light + up + a + durry

If the learner knows the constituents (especially that 'durry' = cigarette), the meaning 'smoked a cigarette' follows directly from 'light' (to set on fire) + 'up' (start/ignite) + the noun 'durry' (cigarette). The only complication is that 'durry' is regional Australian slang and may be unfamiliar, but this affects familiarity, not compositional transparency.

Etymology

The phrase lit up a durry is Australian slang: lit up means to light something and durry means a cigarette. Picture someone striking a match and touching it to the durry; that's why it means 'to smoke a cigarette'.