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smoke

UK/sməʊk/ US/smoʊk/ common informal slang uk us
noun (8) verb (2)

noun

1.

a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

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2.

a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion

  • “the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles”
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3.

an indication of some hidden activity

  • “with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere”
4.

something with no concrete substance

  • “his dreams all turned to smoke”
  • “it was just smoke and mirrors”
5.

tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

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6.
7.

the act of smoking tobacco or other substances

  • “he went outside for a smoke”
  • “smoking stinks”
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8.

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

  • “he swung late on the fastball”
  • “he showed batters nothing but smoke”
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verb

1.

inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

  • “We never smoked marijuana”
  • “Do you smoke?”
2.

emit a cloud of fine particles

  • “The chimney was fuming”
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Origin

From Middle English smoken, from Old English smocian (“to smoke, to emit smoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *smokōn, from Proto-Germanic *smukōną (“to smoke”), ablaut derivative of Proto-Germanic *smaukaną (“to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg- (“to smoke”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smookje (“to smoke”), West Frisian smoke (“to smoke”), Dutch smoken (“to smoke”), Low German smöken (“to smoke”), German Low German smoken (“to smoke”). Related also to Old English smēocan (“to smoke, emit smoke; fumigate”), Bavarian schmuckelen (“to smell bad, reek”).

Phrases

  • Arctic sea smoke
  • Arctic smoke
  • big smoke
  • black smoke
  • blow smoke
  • blow smoke up someone's arse
  • blow smoke up someone's ass
  • can I smoke
  • put that in your pipe and smoke it
  • smoke around
  • smoke dope
  • smoke like a chimney

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