smoking.
Giving off smoke.
Meaning & usage
Giving off smoke.
Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
That woman is smoking!
Showing great skill or talent.
The band put on a smoking performance.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.
The act or process of emitting smoke.
The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others.
The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others. The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
The burning and inhalation of any drug, including tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and others. The burning and inhalation of tobacco. The burning and inhalation of cigarettes.
The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavored by smoke.
A bantering; teasing; mockery.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.
present participle and gerund of smoke
Where this word comes from
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.
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