smoke.
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
Meaning & usage
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
A cigarette.
Can I bum a smoke off you?
I need to go buy some smokes.
Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
Hey, you got some smoke?
An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
I'm going out for a smoke.
A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
The smoke of controversy.
A light grey color tinted with blue.
Bother, trouble; problems; hassle.
You better not be giving me no smoke.
Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of: Opaque aerosol released on a battlefield, used e.g. to signal or to degrade enemy observation via smokescreen.
Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of: Pollen scattered by a plant.
Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of: Mist, fog, or drizzle; water vapour, such as from exhalation into cold air.
A fastball.
A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), German Schmauch (“smoke (from a gun barrel)”).
To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
He's smoking his pipe.
Her dad smoked various brands when he was younger.
To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
Do you smoke?
To give off smoke.
My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
To give off smoke. Of a fire in a fireplace, to emit smoke outward instead of up the chimney, owing to imperfect draught.
To give off smoke. Of tobacco: to give off or produce smoke (in a certain manner or of a certain type).
To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
To dry or medicate by smoke.
To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
To make unclear or blurry.
To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully.
The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
To beat someone at something; to be very good at something.
We smoked them at rugby.
She's gotta do that song, she outright smokes when she hits the refrain!
To snuff out; to kill, especially with a gun.
He got smoked by the mob.
To thrash; to beat.
To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
To ridicule to the face; to mock.
To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
To suffer severely; to be punished.
To punish (a person) for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
To cover (a key blank) with soot or carbon to aid in seeing the marks made by impressioning.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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