smoke Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
fume.
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noun a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion
smoking.
- the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles
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noun an indication of some hidden activity
- with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere
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noun something with no concrete substance
- his dreams all turned to smoke
- it was just smoke and mirrors
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noun tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
roll of tobacco.
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noun street names for marijuana
sess; skunk; pot; weed; gage; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; dope; locoweed.
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noun the act of smoking tobacco or other substances
smoking.
- he went outside for a smoke
- smoking stinks
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noun (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
hummer; heater; fastball; bullet.
- he swung late on the fastball
- he showed batters nothing but smoke
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verb inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
- We never smoked marijuana
- Do you smoke?
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verb emit a cloud of fine particles
fume.
- The chimney was fuming
WordNet
Smoke noun
Etymology
AS.Definitions
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The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like. ✍ The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder, forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on solid bodies is soot. -
That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist. -
Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. Shak. -
The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; Colloq.as, to have a .smoke ✍ Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming, smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc. Syn. -- Fume; reek; vapor.
Smoke intransitive verb
Etymology
AS.Wordforms
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To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.
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Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man. Deut. xxix. 20.
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To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion. Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field. Dryden.
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To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner. -
To suffer severely; to be punished. Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome. Shak.
To be smoking, (a) [Colloq] (Entertainment, sports) To perform in an exciting manner. (b) (Gambling) To be winning in a long streak
Smoke transitive verb
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To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; tosmoke beef or hams for preservation. -
To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume. "Smoking the temple." Chaucer. -
To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him. Chapman.
He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu. Shak.
Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers. Addison.
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To ridicule to the face; to quiz. Old Slang -
To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to .smoke a pipe or a cigar -
To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to .smoke a woodchuck out of his burrowalso used metaphorically, to expose, to cause to be made public; to drive out, as if by smoke.